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. 2019 Aug 30;68(34):737–744. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6834a2

TABLE 3. Changes in the number and percentage of opioid deaths co-occurring with benzodiazepines, cocaine, and methamphetamine, by type of opioids involved in death — 25 states,* State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS), July–December 2017 to January–June 2018.

Type of opioid involved in death No. of opioid deaths with co-occurring drugs (%)
Benzodiazepines Cocaine Methamphetamine None of the three drugs
All opioids§
−264 (−5.7)
−106 (−2.3)
206 (14.6)
−437 (−8.0)
Any IMF**
256 (11.3)
445 (14.0)
241 (31.0)
217 (6.7)
Illicit opioid, no IMF††
−389 (−39.0)
−514 (−42.9)
−69 (−14.7)
−537 (−43.3)
Prescription opioid, no illicit opioid§§ −131 (−9.7) −37 (−12.2) 34 (20.5) −117 (−12.0)

Abbreviation: IMF = illicitly manufactured fentanyl.

* Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Opioid deaths co-occurring with benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamine are not mutually exclusive as deaths associated with multiple nonopioids (e.g., cocaine and benzodiazepines) will be counted in both categories.

§ All opioid deaths (N = 13,415 during January–June 2018).

Statistically significant change from July–December 2017 to January–June 2018 based on z-tests or nonoverlapping confidence intervals if the number of deaths was <100 (p<0.05).

** All opioid deaths where IMF was involved (N = 9,105 during January–June 2018).

†† All deaths involving other illicit opioids (heroin, fentanyl analogs, and U-series) where IMF was not involved (N = 2,019 during January–June 2018).

§§ Deaths involving prescription opioids without illicit opioid involvement (N = 2,291 deaths during January–June 2018).