2018 Report: Overdose Deaths In U.S. Drop By 5%
- 5 years ago
Drug overdose deaths in the US fell in 2018, following decades of steady increases, reports UPI.
Between 2017 and 2018, drug overdose deaths dropped by 5.1 percent.
Death rates from synthetic opioids increased by more than two-fold between 1999 and 2016.
There were an estimated 68,557 drug overdose deaths that occurred in 2018.
About 47,590 were from opioid use and 31,897 from fentanyl, tramadol and other synthetic opioids.
Between 2017 and 2018, drug overdose deaths dropped by 5.1 percent.
Death rates from synthetic opioids increased by more than two-fold between 1999 and 2016.
There were an estimated 68,557 drug overdose deaths that occurred in 2018.
About 47,590 were from opioid use and 31,897 from fentanyl, tramadol and other synthetic opioids.