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Finding
decline
Using linked administrative databases, 2.3% of deliveries in Massachusetts in 2012-2014 were to women with evidence of OUD in the year prior to delivery, higher than previously published national estimates of 0.4-0.8%.
| Effect size | 2.3% of deliveries (4,154 of 177,876) had evidence of OUD in the year prior to delivery |
| Comparator | previously published national representative samples of OUD in pregnancy (0.4-0.8%) |
| Effect summary | decline; 2.3% of deliveries (4,154 of 177,876) had evidence of OUD in the year prior to delivery |
| Adverse events | 231 non-fatal overdose events, 11 fatal overdose events |
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Source
PMC6060005
Fatal and Nonfatal Overdose Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Massachusetts