Abstract
Drug- and alcohol-poisoning deaths remain current public health problems. Studies to date have typically focused on individual-level predictors of drug overdose deaths, and there remains a limited understanding of the spatiotemporal patterns and predictors of the joint outcomes. We use a hierarchical Bayesian spatiotemporal multivariate Poisson regression model on data from (N = 167) ZIP-codes between 2009 and 2014 in New York City to examine the spatiotemporal patterns of the joint occurrence of drug (opioids) and alcohol-poisoning deaths, and the covariates associated with each outcome. Results indicate that rates of both outcomes were highly positively correlated across ZIP-codes (cross-correlation: 0.57, 95% credible interval (CrI): 0.29, 0.77). ZIP-codes with a higher prevalence of heavy drinking had higher alcohol-poisoning deaths (relative risk (RR):1.63, 95% CrI: 1.26, 2.05) and drug-poisoning deaths (RR: 1.29, 95% CrI: 1.03, 1.59). These spatial patterns may guide public health planners to target specific areas to address these co-occurring epidemics.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 100306 |
Journal | Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology |
Volume | 32 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2020 |
Keywords
- Alcohol
- Drug overdose
- Multivariate
- Poverty
- Spatiotemporal
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Infectious Diseases
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis