[OC] US Opioid overdose deaths from 1999 to 2018Submitted by hcrx t3_10f330j in dataisbeautiful
Auxilor t1_j4vpccq wrote
I wonder what the charts look like up to today? I feel like there would be a significant spike in 2020
AmishUndead t1_j4w6bnk wrote
You would be correct. > The number of preventable deaths in the United States increased 16.1% in 2020 to 200,955, an all-time high. A 34.4% increase in drug overdose deaths helped drive this record high. A total of 83,558 people died from drug overdoses in 2020, also an all-time high.
https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics/drugoverdoses/
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