Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999-2020.
By H. Hedegaard, A. Miniño, M. Spencer, M. Warner. NCHS data brief, 2021
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Deaths from drug overdose continue to contribute to overall mortality and the lowering of life expectancy in the United States (1-4). This report uses the most recent data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to update statistics on deaths from drug overdose in the United States, showing rates by demographic group and by specific types of drugs involved (such as opioids or stimulants), with a focus on changes from 2019 to 2020.
Subfields: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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- The Transformation of Manufacturing and the Decline in US Employment (2019, methodology): “According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drug overdoses accounted for the deaths of nearly 64,000 people in the United States in 2016 and are now the leading cause of death for Americans under age 50 (Hedegaard et al. 2017).”