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| MMWR Early Release Vol. 64, Early Release December 18, 2015 |
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| Increases in Drug and Opioid Overdose Deaths — United States, 2000–2014 Rose A. Rudd, MSPH; Noah Aleshire, JD; Jon E. Zibbell, PhD; et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64(Early Release):1-5 Since 2000, the rate of deaths from drug overdoses has increased 137%, including a 200% increase in the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids (opioid pain relievers and heroin). CDC analyzed recent multiple cause-of-death mortality data to examine current trends and characteristics of drug-overdose deaths, including types of opioids associated with drug-overdose deaths. This report summarizes that analysis. |
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