USA Today (3/5, O’Donnell) reports a new analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data indicates the “number of deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in 2017 hit the highest level since federal data collection started in 1999.” The study, conducted by the Trust for America’s Health and the Well Being Trust, indicated the “national rate for deaths from alcohol, drugs, and suicide rose from 43.9 to 46.6 deaths per 100,000 people in 2017, a 6 percent increase.” The increase was slower “than in the previous two years, but it was greater than the 4 percent average annual increase since 1999.”
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— “U.S. deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide hit highest level since record-keeping began, “Jayne O’Donnell, USA Today, March 05, 2019