Drug Overdose Deaths in Mexican-Heritage Arizonans: An Examination of Mortality Rates, Demographics, Drugs Involved, and Place of Death.

Objective: This study examined drug overdose deaths in Mexican-heritage Arizonans, with the goal of informing tailored overdose prevention programs for this community.

Methods: We analyzed death certificate data (from the Arizona Department of Health Services) for drug overdose deaths among Arizona residents from 2018-2022. We compared deaths in US-born and foreign-born Mexican-heritage Arizonans and, as a frame of reference, Non-Hispanic (NH) White Arizonans.