Deaths from Drug Overdose in the United States in 2015
"During 2015, drug overdoses accounted for 52,404 U.S. deaths, including 33,091 (63.1%) that involved an opioid. There has been progress in preventing methadone deaths, and death rates declined by 9.1%. However, rates of deaths involving other opioids, specifically heroin and synthetic opioids other than methadone (likely driven primarily by illicitly manufactured fentanyl) (2,3), increased sharply overall and across many states."
Rudd RA, Seth P, David F, Scholl L. Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths โ United States, 2010โ2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;65:1445โ1452. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm655051e1
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