Whites Admit they've been Intentionally Underreporting their Heroin Overdose Rates

[Soupnazi630]

The statistics around opioid overdose deaths are staggering. More than 42,000 people died of an opioid overdose in 2016 alone, according to recent federal estimates, and fatal overdose rates continue to rise across nearly every segment of the population. Among young adults, these drugs accounted for about 20% of all deaths in 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates.

But a new study says that even those figures don’t capture the full extent of the opioid crisis.

In a paper published Wednesday in Public Health Reports, researchers find that as many as 70,000 opioid overdose deaths were unreported or misclassified between 1999 and 2015 because of the way drug overdoses are coded on death certificates.

Causes of death are listed on death certificates using codes determined by the National Center for Health Statistics. Some of these codes denote specific narcotics involved in a fatal drug overdose, but a code also exists for “other and unspecified narcotics.” Of the more than 438,600 unintentional overdose deaths included in the new study’s analysis, roughly 255,500 were coded as opioid-related, approximately 85,600 were coded as non-opioid-related and about 97,100 were coded as unspecified.


The researchers hypothesized that many of these other-coded deaths were actually attributable opioids. Assuming that this proportion would be roughly equal to the proportion of all overdoses involving opioids, they worked to reallocate some of the generally coded fatalities.

In all, they estimated that roughly 70,000 unspecified deaths should have been marked as opioid-related. :disdain Under this new classification, the number of deaths that would be reallocated to involve opioids ranged from just nine in Vermont to more than 11,000 in Pennsylvania, according to the study.
The researchers also uncovered discrepancies in the way states code and report overdose deaths. In Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana and Mississippi, for example, the drugs involved in more than 35% of all overdose deaths were unspecified. Washington, D.C., meanwhile, used specific drug codes for all of its overdose deaths, and 17 states did so in at least 95% of cases. Areas that relied on state medical examiners to determine causes of death tended to specify drugs far more frequently than states using county coroners or hybrid systems, the researchers found.

Underreporting fatal opioid overdoses may both downplay the severity of the opioid epidemic and impede efforts to curtail it, the authors write. “Proper allocation of resources for the opioid epidemic depends on understanding the magnitude of the problem,” the paper says, “and incomplete death certificate reporting prevents lawmakers, treatment specialists, and public health officials from doing so.”

The article describes a problem with coding and says nothing whatsoever about white people.

So other than the fact that you are a proven racist why do you need to lie about it in the op?

 

[Soupnazi630]

Is there something we are missing? The article doesn’t mention any race at all. Unless there is more to the story, I have no idea. With what you provided it seems you are just trolling.

So you honestly think that Heroin is a major problem in the black and/or other minority communities?

It is a problem in all communities but racists love to lie about it the way you did in the op

 

[Aba Incieni]

The angry black man is so played out. Buy some new clothes FFS.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

The statistics around opioid overdose deaths are staggering. More than 42,000 people died of an opioid overdose in 2016 alone, according to recent federal estimates, and fatal overdose rates continue to rise across nearly every segment of the population. Among young adults, these drugs accounted for about 20% of all deaths in 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates.

But a new study says that even those figures don’t capture the full extent of the opioid crisis.

In a paper published Wednesday in Public Health Reports, researchers find that as many as 70,000 opioid overdose deaths were unreported or misclassified between 1999 and 2015 because of the way drug overdoses are coded on death certificates.

Causes of death are listed on death certificates using codes determined by the National Center for Health Statistics. Some of these codes denote specific narcotics involved in a fatal drug overdose, but a code also exists for “other and unspecified narcotics.” Of the more than 438,600 unintentional overdose deaths included in the new study’s analysis, roughly 255,500 were coded as opioid-related, approximately 85,600 were coded as non-opioid-related and about 97,100 were coded as unspecified.


The researchers hypothesized that many of these other-coded deaths were actually attributable opioids. Assuming that this proportion would be roughly equal to the proportion of all overdoses involving opioids, they worked to reallocate some of the generally coded fatalities.

In all, they estimated that roughly 70,000 unspecified deaths should have been marked as opioid-related. :disdain Under this new classification, the number of deaths that would be reallocated to involve opioids ranged from just nine in Vermont to more than 11,000 in Pennsylvania, according to the study.
The researchers also uncovered discrepancies in the way states code and report overdose deaths. In Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana and Mississippi, for example, the drugs involved in more than 35% of all overdose deaths were unspecified. Washington, D.C., meanwhile, used specific drug codes for all of its overdose deaths, and 17 states did so in at least 95% of cases. Areas that relied on state medical examiners to determine causes of death tended to specify drugs far more frequently than states using county coroners or hybrid systems, the researchers found.

Underreporting fatal opioid overdoses may both downplay the severity of the opioid epidemic and impede efforts to curtail it, the authors write. “Proper allocation of resources for the opioid epidemic depends on understanding the magnitude of the problem,” the paper says, “and incomplete death certificate reporting prevents lawmakers, treatment specialists, and public health officials from doing so.”

I wonder if the reason they're fudging the numbers is to make it look as if he government is winning its war on drugs.

I find it very interesting that in a case of a drug overdose death that they supposedly are unable to identify the substance that caused the death yet when they're looking for something, like a drug test for the courts or a background check, they have at least a dozen substances they can test for and identify.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

The statistics around opioid overdose deaths are staggering. More than 42,000 people died of an opioid overdose in 2016 alone, according to recent federal estimates, and fatal overdose rates continue to rise across nearly every segment of the population. Among young adults, these drugs accounted for about 20% of all deaths in 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates.

But a new study says that even those figures don’t capture the full extent of the opioid crisis.

In a paper published Wednesday in Public Health Reports, researchers find that as many as 70,000 opioid overdose deaths were unreported or misclassified between 1999 and 2015 because of the way drug overdoses are coded on death certificates.

Causes of death are listed on death certificates using codes determined by the National Center for Health Statistics. Some of these codes denote specific narcotics involved in a fatal drug overdose, but a code also exists for “other and unspecified narcotics.” Of the more than 438,600 unintentional overdose deaths included in the new study’s analysis, roughly 255,500 were coded as opioid-related, approximately 85,600 were coded as non-opioid-related and about 97,100 were coded as unspecified.


The researchers hypothesized that many of these other-coded deaths were actually attributable opioids. Assuming that this proportion would be roughly equal to the proportion of all overdoses involving opioids, they worked to reallocate some of the generally coded fatalities.

In all, they estimated that roughly 70,000 unspecified deaths should have been marked as opioid-related. :disdain Under this new classification, the number of deaths that would be reallocated to involve opioids ranged from just nine in Vermont to more than 11,000 in Pennsylvania, according to the study.
The researchers also uncovered discrepancies in the way states code and report overdose deaths. In Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana and Mississippi, for example, the drugs involved in more than 35% of all overdose deaths were unspecified. Washington, D.C., meanwhile, used specific drug codes for all of its overdose deaths, and 17 states did so in at least 95% of cases. Areas that relied on state medical examiners to determine causes of death tended to specify drugs far more frequently than states using county coroners or hybrid systems, the researchers found.

Underreporting fatal opioid overdoses may both downplay the severity of the opioid epidemic and impede efforts to curtail it, the authors write. “Proper allocation of resources for the opioid epidemic depends on understanding the magnitude of the problem,” the paper says, “and incomplete death certificate reporting prevents lawmakers, treatment specialists, and public health officials from doing so.”

The article describes a problem with coding and says nothing whatsoever about white people.

So other than the fact that you are a proven racist why do you need to lie about it in the op?

Thank you. As I've already proven, whites are actually UNDERREPRESENTED among those dying from this problem. Blacks and Hispanics are over represented according to their percentages.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Heroin overdoses among blacks are less than whites, but not significantly less. Back to your race based nonsense.

this is WRONG. You are accepting the lie

 

[Rustic]

The statistics around opioid overdose deaths are staggering. More than 42,000 people died of an opioid overdose in 2016 alone, according to recent federal estimates, and fatal overdose rates continue to rise across nearly every segment of the population. Among young adults, these drugs accounted for about 20% of all deaths in 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates.

But a new study says that even those figures don’t capture the full extent of the opioid crisis.

In a paper published Wednesday in Public Health Reports, researchers find that as many as 70,000 opioid overdose deaths were unreported or misclassified between 1999 and 2015 because of the way drug overdoses are coded on death certificates.

Causes of death are listed on death certificates using codes determined by the National Center for Health Statistics. Some of these codes denote specific narcotics involved in a fatal drug overdose, but a code also exists for “other and unspecified narcotics.” Of the more than 438,600 unintentional overdose deaths included in the new study’s analysis, roughly 255,500 were coded as opioid-related, approximately 85,600 were coded as non-opioid-related and about 97,100 were coded as unspecified.


The researchers hypothesized that many of these other-coded deaths were actually attributable opioids. Assuming that this proportion would be roughly equal to the proportion of all overdoses involving opioids, they worked to reallocate some of the generally coded fatalities.

In all, they estimated that roughly 70,000 unspecified deaths should have been marked as opioid-related. :disdain Under this new classification, the number of deaths that would be reallocated to involve opioids ranged from just nine in Vermont to more than 11,000 in Pennsylvania, according to the study.
The researchers also uncovered discrepancies in the way states code and report overdose deaths. In Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana and Mississippi, for example, the drugs involved in more than 35% of all overdose deaths were unspecified. Washington, D.C., meanwhile, used specific drug codes for all of its overdose deaths, and 17 states did so in at least 95% of cases. Areas that relied on state medical examiners to determine causes of death tended to specify drugs far more frequently than states using county coroners or hybrid systems, the researchers found.

Underreporting fatal opioid overdoses may both downplay the severity of the opioid epidemic and impede efforts to curtail it, the authors write. “Proper allocation of resources for the opioid epidemic depends on understanding the magnitude of the problem,” the paper says, “and incomplete death certificate reporting prevents lawmakers, treatment specialists, and public health officials from doing so.”

Getting rid of the white trash… A good thing

 

[Leo123]

Getting rid of the white trash… A good thing

Let me guess....A racist that is ignorant of the fact that they are racist. Funny really.

 

[Rustic]

Getting rid of the white trash… A good thing

Let me guess....A racist that is ignorant of the fact that they are racist. Funny really.

Political correctness has no place in this country

 

[Leo123]

Political correctness has no place in this country

Neither does racism. No matter what skin-color you identify with. Democrat-racist-assholes attribute Humanity, intelligence and morality with skin color. Just like the racist Democrats in the antebellum South. The fact that Democrats segregate people by skin color is just a symptom of their underlying racism. They need whatever skin-color they choose to be either slaves or victims. The Plantation never went away, it just morphed into welfare and Democrat give-aways of government cheese.

 

[Rustic]

Getting rid of the white trash… A good thing

Let me guess....A racist that is ignorant of the fact that they are racist. Funny really.

Political correctness has no place in this country

Neither does racism. No matter what skin-color you identify with. Assholes like you attribute morality with skin color. Just like the racist Democrats in the antebellum South.

Lol
I don’t look at life through race, I’m not politically correct

 

[Leo123]

Lol
I don’t look at life through race, I’m not politically correct

Are you serious? Your own post (#47) says different. I urge everyone in this thread to check it out. WTF?

 

[captkaos]

They should make heroin illegal.

I think we should give it to the addicts free, they could sign an agreement that when they OD no medical assistance will be rendered. Could save hundreds of millions of dollars and take a huge burden off of the Health care system. It would also reduce crime, Addicts wouldn't have to rob and steal to pay for it. Then pretty soon Shazaam No more addicts left, Brilliant We could redistribute the drugs confiscated coming in illegally and cripple the illegal Market.

And rid the country of roving gangs of drug-crazed white people at the same time.

Okay! I'm down with that but we'd probably catch up some blacks, Hispanics, Orientals, and Native Americans in that mix. Addicts is Addicts. Work to cure them if they don't accept the help then let them kill themselves. "They're animals anyway so let them lose their souls"

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

this is WRONG. You are accepting the lie

Just accepting the statistics I was given. If the information is wrong please correct it.

 

[Blues Man]

The statistics around opioid overdose deaths are staggering. More than 42,000 people died of an opioid overdose in 2016 alone, according to recent federal estimates, and fatal overdose rates continue to rise across nearly every segment of the population. Among young adults, these drugs accounted for about 20% of all deaths in 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates.

But a new study says that even those figures don’t capture the full extent of the opioid crisis.

In a paper published Wednesday in Public Health Reports, researchers find that as many as 70,000 opioid overdose deaths were unreported or misclassified between 1999 and 2015 because of the way drug overdoses are coded on death certificates.

Causes of death are listed on death certificates using codes determined by the National Center for Health Statistics. Some of these codes denote specific narcotics involved in a fatal drug overdose, but a code also exists for “other and unspecified narcotics.” Of the more than 438,600 unintentional overdose deaths included in the new study’s analysis, roughly 255,500 were coded as opioid-related, approximately 85,600 were coded as non-opioid-related and about 97,100 were coded as unspecified.


The researchers hypothesized that many of these other-coded deaths were actually attributable opioids. Assuming that this proportion would be roughly equal to the proportion of all overdoses involving opioids, they worked to reallocate some of the generally coded fatalities.

In all, they estimated that roughly 70,000 unspecified deaths should have been marked as opioid-related. :disdain Under this new classification, the number of deaths that would be reallocated to involve opioids ranged from just nine in Vermont to more than 11,000 in Pennsylvania, according to the study.
The researchers also uncovered discrepancies in the way states code and report overdose deaths. In Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana and Mississippi, for example, the drugs involved in more than 35% of all overdose deaths were unspecified. Washington, D.C., meanwhile, used specific drug codes for all of its overdose deaths, and 17 states did so in at least 95% of cases. Areas that relied on state medical examiners to determine causes of death tended to specify drugs far more frequently than states using county coroners or hybrid systems, the researchers found.

Underreporting fatal opioid overdoses may both downplay the severity of the opioid epidemic and impede efforts to curtail it, the authors write. “Proper allocation of resources for the opioid epidemic depends on understanding the magnitude of the problem,” the paper says, “and incomplete death certificate reporting prevents lawmakers, treatment specialists, and public health officials from doing so.”

So they think this but can they PROVE it?

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Just accepting the statistics I was given. If the information is wrong please correct it

I have. Twice. The mob just ignores facts and moves on.

Opioid Overdose Deaths by Race/Ethnicity



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[Montrovant]

Just accepting the statistics I was given. If the information is wrong please correct it

I have. Twice. The mob just ignores facts and moves on.

Opioid Overdose Deaths by Race/Ethnicity



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Those stats are for all opioid overdose deaths, not only heroin. Eric Arthur Blair made a comment about heroin overdoses.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Just accepting the statistics I was given. If the information is wrong please correct it

I have. Twice. The mob just ignores facts and moves on.

Opioid Overdose Deaths by Race/Ethnicity



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Those stats are for all opioid overdose deaths, not only heroin. Eric Arthur Blair made a comment about heroin overdoses.

Death from opioids is death. I don't care about specific "brands." Whites are UNDER REPRESENTED. Blacks are over represented.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Funny that Mods allow racist MarcATL threads. So all whites? You change whites with “blacks” and the poster is banned for life.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

Those stats are for all opioid overdose deaths, not only heroin. Eric Arthur Blair made a comment about heroin overdoses.

I did in keeping with the thread issue which is supposed to be under reporting of white people ODing on heroin which, no surprise, isn't supported by the OP at all.
It says certain researchers are theorizing or suspect white deaths due to heroin are under reported.

But suspicions and beliefs don't constitute fact although I'm pretty certain the poster of this thread just doesn't care.