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. 2020 Jan;110(1):98–105. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305368

TABLE 1—

Description of Fentanyl-Involved Fatal Overdoses and Nonfentanyl Opioid and Polydrug Fatal Overdose Comparisons: Cook County, Illinois, August 1, 2014, to August 15, 2018

Fentanyl-Involveda Fatal Overdoses (n = 1433) Nonfentanyl Opioid and Polydrugb Fatal Overdoses (n = 1838)
Individual-level covariates
Age, y, mean ±SD 43.1 ±12.5 44.2 ±12.6
Race/ethnicity, no. (%)
 Non-Latino/a Black 619 (43.2) 666 (36.2)
 Non-Latino/a White 616 (43.0) 966 (52.6)
 Latino/a 185 (12.9) 170 (9.2)
 Other 13 (0.9) 36 (2.0)
Gender, no. (%)
 Male 1114 (77.7) 1343 (73.1)
 Female 319 (22.3) 495 (26.9)
Neighborhood-level covariates
Household income in $10 000s, median ±SD 4.79 ±2.76 5.08 ±2.82
Neighborhood deprivation score
 Mean ±SD −0.04 ±1.84 −0.45 ±1.81
 Low (range = −5.00–0.00), no. (%) 715 (49.9) 1123 (61.1)
 Moderate (range = 0.01–1.00), no. (%) 252 (17.6) 266 (14.5)
 High (range = 1.01–5.00), no. (%) 466 (32.5) 449 (24.4)
Index of Concentration at the Extremes, range = −1 to +1, mean ±SD −0.11 ±0.74 0.07 ±0.73
Population density per square mile in 1000s, mean ±SD 16.4 ±23.0 15.3 ±13.1
a

Substances used, identified in medical examiner toxicity screen as primary cause of death, were fentanyl and fentanyl metabolites, carfentanil, 4-ANPP, and U-47700, alone or in combination with drugs listed in footnote b.

b

Substances used, identified in medical examiner toxicity screen as primary cause of death, were opioids (heroin, codeine, methadone, morphine, hydrocodone, tramadol, oxycodone, oxymorphone, buprenorphine, mitragynine, opioid, opiate) and nonopioids (cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine, lysergic acid diethylamide [LSD], 3-fluorophenmetrazine [3-FPM], methylenedioxyamphetamine [MDA], methylenedioxymethamphetamine [MDMA], 7-aminoclonazepam, clonazepam [Klonopin], delorazepam, diazepam [Valium], diclazepam, etizolam, lorazepam [Ativan], midazolam [Versed], nordiazepam, and temazepam [Restoril]).