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An example dataset for performing simulations using the OPTIC library, consisting of state-year overdose data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention, and IQVIA Xponent.

Usage

overdoses

Format

A data frame with 969 rows and 7 variables:

state

US state

year

Year

population

Population estimate (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)

unemploymentrate

Average annual unemployment rate (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)

opioid_rx

Estimated number of annual opioid prescriptions dispensed per 100 residents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, IQVIA)

deaths

Annual number of drug-induced deaths (all drug overdose) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)

crude.rate

Crude rate of drug-induced deaths (all drug overdose) per 100,000 residents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)

Source

US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics April 2019 release. Accessed at https://www.bls.gov/lau/.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2019 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2020. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2019, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd-icd10.html.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, IQVIA Xponent 2006–2019. U.S. Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps. Accessed at https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/rxrate-maps/index.html.