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USA. Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2016
USA. Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2016
NCHS Data Brief No. 294, December 2017
Holly Hedegaard, M.D., Margaret Warner, Ph.D., and Arialdi M. Miniño, M.P.H.
Key findings
Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality
In 2016, there were more than 63,600 drug overdose deaths in the United States.
The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths in 2016 (19.8 per 100,000) was 21% higher than the rate in 2015 (16.3).