HCPlive (3/18, Walter) reports research “commissioned by the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) highlights a rise in drug overdoses over the last half a decade, particularly in urban areas.” Investigators from the CDC’s “National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Analysis and Epidemiology examined recent mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System…to further illuminate urban-rural differences in drug overdose death rates for all drugs and by selected types of opioids and stimulants.” The study also found “urban and rural differences in trends based on overdose deaths caused by different types of opioids.” The findings (PDF) were published online in NCHS Data Brief No. 403.
Related Links:
— “CDC Report Shows Troubling Opioid Overdose Trends “Kenny Walter, HCPlive, March 18, 2021