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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 first chart below. Drug overdose death rates for European countries. [15] [16] Location links below are "Healthcare in LOCATION" links.
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Drug use contributes to 500,000 deaths worldwide, with opioid overdose resulting in approximately 115,000 of these deaths in 2018. [1] This is up from 18,000 deaths in 1990. [13] [14] In 2018, approximately 269 million people had engaged in drug usage at least once, 58 million of which used opioids. [1]
Opioid overdose deaths have risen steadily in the U.S. in the past two decades, with a spike early in the covid-19 pandemic. The CDC says illicit fentanyl has fueled a recent surge in overdose deaths.
Opioids mixed with cocaine or psychostimulants with abuse potential have driven overdose deaths in recent years, according to new findings from the CDC‘s National Center for Health Statistics ...
Drug overdose deaths involving cocaine and psychostimulants such as methamphetamine have been rising quickly in the United States in recent years, and a new report from the US Centers for Disease ...
The CDC's "Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain" offers many non-pharmacological options as alternatives to prescribing opioids. Physical therapist interventions is an example that is offered in regards to an alternative to prescribing opioids. [263]
Apr. 25—More than 87,000 Americans died from drug overdoses during a 12-month period ending in September, preliminary federal data released earlier this month show. The overdose death toll that ...