From 2015 to 2017, mothers with a high school diploma/GED accounted for the highest share of infant drug-involved deaths. Drug involvement could be either the underlying cause (e.g. poisoning by drugs) or a contributing cause (e.g. drugs found in blood) of death. This statistic displays the distribution of infant drug-involved deaths compared to infant deaths from all other causes in the United States from 2015 to 2017, by education of mother.
Distribution of infant drug-involved deaths compared to all other infant deaths in the United States from 2015 to 2017, by education of mother
"Drug involvement was considered the underlying cause of death when the underlying cause-of-death code was one of the following: Newborn affected by maternal use of drugs of addiction (P04.4); Newborn affected by maternal noxious influences (P04.8–P04.9); Neonatal withdrawal symptoms from maternal use of drugs of addiction (P96.1); Accidental poisoning by and exposure to noxious substances (X40–X44); Assault (homicide) by drugs, medicaments, and biological substances (X85); or Poisoning by and exposure to drugs, medicaments and biological substances (Y10–Y14)."
"Drug involvement was considered a contributing cause of death if any of the ICD–10 codes listed above were identified as a contributing cause of death or if a cause of death was coded to Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood (R78.1–R78.5); Poisonings by narcotics and psychodysleptics (T40), barbiturates (T42.2), benzodiazepines (T42.4), psychostimulants with abuse potential (T43.6), or other psychotropic drugs (T43.8–T43.9); or Sequelae of poisoning by various substances (T96–T97)."
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CDC, & NCHS (National Vital Statistics System). (June 3, 2021). Distribution of infant drug-involved deaths compared to all other infant deaths in the United States from 2015 to 2017, by education of mother [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242314/distribution-us-infant-drug-involved-death-by-maternal-education/
CDC, und NCHS (National Vital Statistics System). "Distribution of infant drug-involved deaths compared to all other infant deaths in the United States from 2015 to 2017, by education of mother." Chart. June 3, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242314/distribution-us-infant-drug-involved-death-by-maternal-education/
CDC, NCHS (National Vital Statistics System). (2021). Distribution of infant drug-involved deaths compared to all other infant deaths in the United States from 2015 to 2017, by education of mother. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242314/distribution-us-infant-drug-involved-death-by-maternal-education/
CDC, and NCHS (National Vital Statistics System). "Distribution of Infant Drug-involved Deaths Compared to All Other Infant Deaths in The United States from 2015 to 2017, by Education of Mother." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242314/distribution-us-infant-drug-involved-death-by-maternal-education/
CDC & NCHS (National Vital Statistics System), Distribution of infant drug-involved deaths compared to all other infant deaths in the United States from 2015 to 2017, by education of mother Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242314/distribution-us-infant-drug-involved-death-by-maternal-education/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Distribution of infant drug-involved deaths compared to all other infant deaths in the United States from 2015 to 2017, by education of mother [Graph], CDC, & NCHS (National Vital Statistics System), June 3, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242314/distribution-us-infant-drug-involved-death-by-maternal-education/
