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Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2016

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The rates of drug overdose deaths continued to increase.  In 2016, the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths (19.8 per 100,000) was more than three times the rate in 1999.  Rates increased for males and females.  Rates also increased for all age groups studied.  
Author:
Holly Hedegaard, MD.
Resource Date:
January 29, 2018
Resource Type:
Data Resources
Topics:
Health, Health / Mortality Data, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use
Resource Address:
280 South Decatur BLVD
PO Box 3902
Las Vegas, Nevada 89127

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