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 rate of drug poisoning deaths inScotlandwas more than double the rates of other UK countries in 2022. The rate was 2.7 times as high as the rates for England and Northern Ireland, and 2.1 times as high as the rate in Wales. • Scotland continues to experience a higher death ...
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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...
xylazine's reported presence in overdose deaths and forensic reports was concentrated in the eastern US yet extended across the country to encompass nearly all states. In spite of xylazine's geographic reach, yearly state-level numbers of xylazine-related overdose...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The number of drug overdose deaths in Maine increased by nearly a quarter in 2021.
"We have not seen evidence of a further increase in the rate of drug-induced deaths since this peak." While there is some evidence of a decline indrug overdose deathsinvolving opioids since 2017, they continue to be the main drug identified. ...
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Arrest-related deaths (ARD) of young, apparently healthy adults are a rare event. Depending on the country and variables considered, the mortality rate of a forceful police arrest is estimated between 1:4828 in Canada1 and 1:1000 in the US.2 In smaller countries such as Iceland, the number...
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