There were 214 drug-overdose deaths in Nebraska in 2020, 53 more than the state saw in 2019. 48. Texas Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images 14.1 deaths per 100,000 residents Then-President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to the U.S. Border Patrol's McAllen Station. Agents displayed bricks of...
Police officials haven't released any other information about these deaths, the locations where these individuals died, or any information about the victims. These 6 New York Counties Have The Most Drug Overdose Deaths New York State officials are worried because overdose death rates increased by 85...
Dates and cause of death information were derived from linkage to the National Death Index, which provides a complete accounting of state-recorded deaths in the United States and is the most complete resource for tracing mortality in national samples.13 The US Centers for Disease Control and ...
West Virginia has centralized death investigation records maintained by the state medical examiner as well as centralized prescription records maintained by the state's prescription drug monitoring program, we also were able to assess the decedents' prescription histories in the year before their deaths....
Key results:Change in total regional opioid-related deaths was positively correlated with change in regional opioid prescriptions per capita (β=.110, p<.001), percent with ≥1 opioid prescription (β=.100, p=.001), and percent with high-dose prescription (β=.081, p<.001). Change in ...
In Maryland, meanwhile, the rate of deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide more than doubled from 2008 to 2018, according to the report. While Maryland was among the states with the fewest alcohol intoxication deaths per capita, the number of drug-induced deaths in the state tripled between...
The United States has seen an increase of drug overdose deaths from 1999 to 2014, with an estimated 16.3 per 100,000 overdose deaths occurring in 2014 [1], and overdose deaths have tracked along an exponential growth curve since at least the 1970s [2]. There are considerable state-by-stat...
(MAX) data from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, comprised of 45 states and covered a duration of six years from 2001 to 2007. Dates and cause of death information were derived from the National Death Index, which provides a complete account of state-recorded deaths in...
These results are consistent with other studies31,32 that report higher rates of prescription abuse and overdose deaths among rural and small urban communities. Tennessee has among the lowest median household incomes in the country,33 yet it ranked third highest in opioid consumption per capita in ...
5-7 Naloxone distribution to laypersons plays an important role in reducing opioid overdose deaths (OODs).8 Rhode Island has among the highest rates of per capita naloxone distribution in the US.9-11 Rhode Island enacted overdose-related laws to remove barriers to naloxone access and rescue, ...