Canadian trends in opioid-related mortality and disabilityfrom opioid use disorder from 1990 to 2014 through thelens of the Global Burden of Disease Study

Introduction: Several regions in Canada have recently experienced sharp increases in opioid overdoses and related hospitalizations and deaths. This paper describes opioidrelated mortality and disability from opioid use disorder in Canada from 1990 to 2014 using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.