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 overall drug overdose death rate rose from 2021 to 2022, but the increase was so small it was not considered statistically significant. Earlier provisional dataestimated more than 109,000 overdose deaths in 2022, but provisional data includes all overdose deaths, while the final numbers are li...
US Drug Overdose Deaths Declined for First Time in 5 Years: Daily DoseJennings, SydneyPatient Care (Online)
More than 107,600 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the highest annual death toll on record. Fentanyl continues to drive the majority of overdose deaths.
Educational Attainment and US Drug Overdose Deaths doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3274JAMA Health ForumPowell, David
US drug overdose deaths surged 19 percent to at least 59,000 last year as deadly manufactured drugs like fentanyl intensified a national opioid addiction crisis, New York Times data showed Tuesday.
Smoking was the most common route of use in drug overdose deaths in 2022, according to data from 28 US jurisdictions.Researchers from the Centers for
But the overdose death rate is still about seven times higher than it was a generation ago. “We’re still in a pretty sad situation that we need to address,” said Rebecca Haffajee, a University of Michigan researcher. Researchers do not believe this is the start of a dramatic ...
Predictors of accidental fatal drug overdose among a cohort of injection drug users OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated factors associated with accidental fatal drug overdose among a cohort of injection drug users (IDUs). METHODS: In a prospe......
This cross-sectional study describes the nationwide trends in drug overdose mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic by age, sex, and race and ethnicity.