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America has seen a spike in overdose deaths since the pandemic, when drug overdose deaths rose more than 14% from 2020 to 2021.
The biggest increase, perhaps surprisingly, came from adults aged 65 and over, but rates for adults 35-44 remain highest. As synthetic opioids like fentanyl continue to displace heroin, overdose deaths have increased.
The data, released by the CDC , also show the rate of overdose deaths increased slightly faster for women than for men, though the rate for men remains more than twice as high as for women.
“Drug overdose deaths have risen fivefold over the past 2 decades,” the CDC noted. “In 2021, 106,699 deaths occurred.”By age, overdose death rates are highest for adults 35-44 at 62 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by adults 45-54 at 54 per 100,000 and then adults 25-34 at 53 per 100,000.The data offer few silver linings, however.“Drug overdose death rates were higher […]
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