US Drug Overdose Deaths Declined in 2023 for the First Time in 5 Years, CDC ReportsHalsey, GracePatient Care (Online)
New provisional CDC data published Wednesday shows drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell from 2022 to 2023, marking the first annual decline in five years. May 15, 2024 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live Pam Bondi confirmation hearing for Attorney General Live Marco Rubio confirmat...
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...
Drug overdose deaths from opioids such as heroin and fentanyl have fallen from a peak in 2023. Sep 19, 2024 Breaking down case in Matthew Perry's death Two of the five suspects charged in the death of actor Matthew Perry have pleaded not guilty. The other three defendants have either plead...
An estimated 107,543 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention'sNational Center for Health Statistics. This is a 3% decrease from the estimated 111,029 overdose deaths that occurred in 2022 and the first annual decr...
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...
The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (drugs such asfentanyl,fentanyl analogs, and tramadol) increased by 45% between 2016 and 2017, from 6.2 to 9.0 per 100,000 respectively. The 10 drugs most commonly associated with overdose deaths fall ...
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The number of drug overdose deaths in Maine increased by nearly a quarter in 2021.
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