CDC&P - MMWR Vol. 65 / Early Release

MMWR Early Release Vol. 65, Early Release December 09, 2016   PDF   In this report Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2010–2015 Rose A. Rudd, MSPH; Puja Seth, PhD; Felicita David, MS; et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;65(Early Release) The U.S. opioid epidemic is continuing, and drug overdose deaths nearly tripled during 1999–2014. Among 47,055 drug overdose deaths that occurred in 2014 in the United States, 28,647 (60.9%) involved an opioid. CDC examined overall drug overdose death rates during 2010–2015 and opioid overdose death rates during 2014–2015. 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. However, rates of deaths involving other opioids, specifically heroin and synthetic opioids other than methadone (likely driven primarily by illicitly manufactured fentanyl), increased sharply overall and across many states. MMWR Masthead Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   The CDC has reached over 1.25 million email subscribers. Thank you for your support. Modify/Update Subscriber Preferences or Unsubscribe | Learn about CDC Updates Questions or problems? Please contact support@govdelivery.com.             This email was sent to mantiskhiralla@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • 1600 Clifton Rd • Atlanta, GA 30333 • 1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)