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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Weekly / Vol. 63 / No. 39
October 3, 2014 MMWR1410A
Increases in Heroin Overdose Deaths — 28 States, 2010 to 2012 Rose A. Rudd, MSPH1, Len J. Paulozzi, MD1, Michael J. Bauer, MS2, Richard W. Burleson, MBA, MPH3, Rick E. Carlson, MPH, MA4, Dan Dao, MPH5, James W. Davis, MA6, Jennifer Dudek, MPH7, Beth Ann Eichler, MS8, Jessie C. Fernandes, MPH9, Anna Fondario, MPH10, Barbara Gabella, MSPH11, Beth Hume, MPH12, Theron Huntamer13, Mbabazi Kariisa, PhD14, Thomas W. Largo, MPH15, JoAnne Miles, MPH16, Ashley Newmyer, MPH17, Daniela Nitcheva, PhD18, Beatriz E. Perez, MPH19, Scott K. Proescholdbell, MPH20, Jennifer C. Sabel, PhD21, Jessica Skiba, MPH22, Svetla Slavova, PhD23, Kathy Stone, MBA24, John M. Tharp, MPH25, Tracy Wendling, DrPH26, Dagan Wright, PhD27, Anne M. Zehner, MPH28 (Author affiliations at end of text)
Nationally, death rates from prescription opioid pain reliever (OPR) overdoses quadrupled during 1999–2010, whereas rates from heroin overdoses increased by
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Weekly / Vol. 63 / No. 39
October 3, 2014 MMWR1410A
Increases in Heroin Overdose Deaths — 28 States, 2010 to 2012 Rose A. Rudd, MSPH1, Len J. Paulozzi, MD1, Michael J. Bauer, MS2, Richard W. Burleson, MBA, MPH3, Rick E. Carlson, MPH, MA4, Dan Dao, MPH5, James W. Davis, MA6, Jennifer Dudek, MPH7, Beth Ann Eichler, MS8, Jessie C. Fernandes, MPH9, Anna Fondario, MPH10, Barbara Gabella, MSPH11, Beth Hume, MPH12, Theron Huntamer13, Mbabazi Kariisa, PhD14, Thomas W. Largo, MPH15, JoAnne Miles, MPH16, Ashley Newmyer, MPH17, Daniela Nitcheva, PhD18, Beatriz E. Perez, MPH19, Scott K. Proescholdbell, MPH20, Jennifer C. Sabel, PhD21, Jessica Skiba, MPH22, Svetla Slavova, PhD23, Kathy Stone, MBA24, John M. Tharp, MPH25, Tracy Wendling, DrPH26, Dagan Wright, PhD27, Anne M. Zehner, MPH28 (Author affiliations at end of text)
Nationally, death rates from prescription opioid pain reliever (OPR) overdoses quadrupled during 1999–2010, whereas rates from heroin overdoses increased by
