White Overdose Deaths 50% Higher than Blacks, 167% Higher than Hispanics
There's no sign that the ongoing drug overdose epidemic is getting better. In fact, though it has been receiving widespread national attention for about two years, it seems to be getting worse.
The CDC just released two reports, the first of which gave an overview of drug-related mortality rates. For all Americans, the mortality rate for drug overdoses (be they accidental or intentional) in 2016 was 19.8 per 100,000, up from 16.3 per 100,000 the previous year. To put that into perspective, the mortality rate from car crashes is 11.7 per 100,000.
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