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This alphabetical list contains 634 people whose deaths can be reliably sourced to be the result of drug overdose or acute drug intoxication. Where sources indicate drug overdose or intoxication was only suspected to be the cause of death, this will be specified in the 'notes' column.
In 2016, the WHO recorded 56.7 million deaths [3] with the leading cause of death as cardiovascular disease causing more than 17 million deaths (about 31% of the total) as shown in the chart to the side. In 2021, there were approx. 68 million deaths worldwide, as per WHO report.
There were around 68,700 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2018. That is a rate of 210 deaths per million residents. [4] [5] Compare that rate to the 2018 rates of the European countries in the chart below on the right. Drug overdose death rates for European countries. [16] Drug overdose deaths in Europe per year by country: [17]
The rate of overdose deaths fell from 32.6 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022 to 31.3 per 100,000 people in 2023, a 4% decrease, according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
A butterfly release in Braintree and candlelight vigils in Quincy and Weymouth on Thursday will mark International Overdose Awareness Day. 2,367 overdose victims in 2022 in Massachusetts − how ...
Among the adults in the RAND survey who have lost someone to overdose, only about 10% said the death had little effect on their life. The remaining adults said the deaths did affect them in some way.
From 1962 to 2022 there have been 157 recorded cases of the infection in United States, only 4 of those 157 individuals survived the disease. A combination of drugs have shown effectiveness in survivors. [11] Glanders, septicemic: Bacterial Untreated 95% The rate drops significantly to >50% with treatment. [12]
His death followed that of actor Cory Monteith, who died of an overdose in July 2013 shortly after a 30-day stay at an abstinence-based treatment center. In Cincinnati, an entry point for heroin heading to Kentucky, the street dealers beckoning from corners call it “dog” or “pup” or “dog food.”