EARLY RELEASE: Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths --- United States, 2013--2017
by from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on (#45GBS)
In 2017, among 70,237 drug overdose deaths, 47,600 (67.8%) involved opioids, with increases across age groups, racial/ethnic groups, county urbanization levels, and in multiple states. From 2013 to 2017, synthetic opioids contributed to increases in drug overdose death rates in several states. From 2016 to 2017, synthetic opioid-involved overdose death rates increased 45.2%.