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Utilization of Emergency Department Data for Drug Overdose Surveillance in North Carolina
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In North Carolina there has been an escalation of poisoning deaths. In 2011, the number of fatal poisonings was 1,368 deaths, with 91% classified as drug overdoses with the majority of those due to opioid analgesics.[1] Far greater numbers of drug… read more… system, drug overdose surveillance is a challenge due to lack of a standardized definition for the positive … system, drug overdose surveillance is a challenge due to lack of a standardized definition for the positive …