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Social-economic factors predict state differences in opioid overdose rates

Media accounts of the opioid overdose epidemic emphasize the role of prescription drugs and, to a lesser extent, declining economic and social conditions. In support of the journalists’ accounts, opioid prescriptions, as measured in grams of morphine

Suicide and drug overdose mortality in Australian young males as a socioeconomic malady

Suicide and drug overdose mortality in Australian young males. AoS

When mortality trends in Australian young adult (20–34 year) males are analysed over 1979–2011, some interesting features emerge. First, a decline in motor vehicle accident mortality by half between 1980 and 1998 did not translate into reduced