Black men and Black women have pronounced and increasing burden of mortality compared with Whites
Highest percentage of cocaine co-involvement seen in industries that are less physically strenuous
Threefold increase seen in unintentional drug overdose death rates from 2003 to 2019, followed by 58 percent increase through 2022
Highest rates in 2023 seen in West Virginia, District of Columbia; changes in rates varied by jurisdiction across drug types
Early adult excess mortality higher than expected in 2019
Results also showed age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths decreased from 2022 to 2023, after increasing over 20 years
2023 to 2024 saw approximately sevenfold increase in overdose deaths involving carfentanil
Ketamine was detected in 0.4 percent of overdose deaths and listed as involved in 0.2 percent during study period