Drug overdose deaths are attributed as such by the CDC after investigations into the causes of death. These investigations can be lengthy. The provisional data breaks down the overdose deaths by the drugs involved in them. If a death involved two drugs, it is recorded in the death counts for...
The Centers for Disease Control and Preventionpublishes annual dataon drug-overdose death rates in every U.S. state. Here is a ranking of every state by overdose-related deaths for 2020, the most recent year available. 50. South Dakota CB/AP 10.3 deathsper 100,000 residents Former meth user...
Drug overdose death rates two to three times higher among First Nations people in British ColumbiaSteven LewisHealthcarepapers
West Virginia is currently the state with the highest drug overdose death rate in the United States, with 91 deaths per 100,000 population in 2022. Although West Virginia had the highest drug overdose death rate at that time, California was the state where the most people died from d...
'Deaths of despair' is the most commonly cited explanation for the 151% increase in drug-overdose deaths that occurred in the USA between 2010 and 2018. We use panel data describing 84 Virginia cities and counties to assess the validity of the deaths of despair hypothesis and alternate ...
overdose death is only 1 metric by which to measure the impact of the epidemic. By conservative estimates, 2.5 million people in this country are addicted to opioids (prescription and illicit), and more than 11 million people in the United States are misusing prescription opioids obtained directl...
Adolescent Overdose Deaths, 2010-2021 View LargeDownload Drug overdose rates per 100 000 adolescents are shown by (A) substance involved and (B) race and ethnicity. The year 2021 refers to January to June 2021, and rates have been annualized. The vertical dashed lines delineate the pre...
More than 60 per cent of people dying a drug-related death... DDNWeb - October 9, 2024 0 Partner Updates Cranstoun response to Scottish drug deaths: evidence must prevail to prevent... DDNWeb - September 16, 2024 0 News Scottish drug deaths up by more than 120 DDNWeb - August ...
Toddler's day care death was caused by fentanyl overdose, autopsy finds A total of four people have been arrested on federal drug charges in the case, including the owner of the day care. Sep 29, 2023 U.K.'s first illegal drug "consumption room" to open in Scotland ...
deaths in a single year since the government has been counting. That partly reflects the nation's growing and aging population. But death rates last year continued to go down for people who are 65 and older while going up for all younger adults — those most affected by the opioid ...