According to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Thursday, deaths caused by the synthetic fentanyl overdose increased by more than 1,000 percent between 2011 and 2016.
The number of deaths from a drug overdose was pretty steady in 2011 and 2012, which hovered around 1,600 fatalists in both the years. However, the numbers increased to more than 1,900 deaths in 2013.
Fentanyl overdose deaths began to double each years starting from 2014; the number of deaths in that year was 4,223. In 2015, it was 8,251 and in 2016, it was 18,335.
The CDC report also analyzed who had been hit hard by the fentanyl overdose death.
The investigators of the report, who are associated with the National Center for Health Statistics, noticed that the fentanyl overdose deaths between men and women were similar from 2011 to 2013, which then began to shift. And by 2016, the number of men dying from the drug overdose was approximately thrice that of women.
The researchers also noticed that the death rates increased in all age groups; however, the largest rate was among younger adults between 15 and 34 years of age. Furthermore, the fentanyl drug overdose death rate of people between 15 and 24 years of age increased to nearly 94 percent each year from 2011 to 2016, and nearly 100 percent each year for people between 25 and 34 years of age.
The report also found that whites had the highest rates of fentanyl deaths; however, the rate among blacks as well as Hispanics was growing faster. From 2011 through 2016, blacks had fentanyl overdose death rate increased up to 140 percent annually, while in Hispanics, the rate increased up to 118 percent annually.
The report released in December has found fentanyl as one of the most common drugs involved in overdose deaths. The drug was responsible for approximately 29 percent of all drug overdose deaths in 2016, making fentanyl one of the deadliest drugs in the United States.
The investigators analyzed and evaluated death certificate information, which included fentanyl as well as fentanyl analogs. Previous reports did not look specifically at fentanyl, but synthetic opioids in general. Experts explain that people in the United States are now more likely to die from a drug overdose than a car accident. Drug overdoses killed over 70,000 Americans in 2017, and opioids are the leading ones. Opioids are a class of drugs that include illegal fentanyl and heroin, and commonly prescribed painkillers, such as morphine or oxycodone.
According to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Thursday, deaths caused by the synthetic fentanyl overdose increased by more than 1,000 percent between 2011 and 2016.
The number of deaths from a drug overdose was pretty steady in 2011 and 2012, which hovered around 1,600 fatalists in both the years. However, the numbers increased to more than 1,900 deaths in 2013.
Fentanyl overdose deaths began to double each years starting from 2014; the number of deaths in that year was 4,223. In 2015, it was 8,251 and in 2016, it was 18,335.
The CDC report also analyzed who had been hit hard by the fentanyl overdose death.
The investigators of the report, who are associated with the National Center for Health Statistics, noticed that the fentanyl overdose deaths between men and women were similar from 2011 to 2013, which then began to shift. And by 2016, the number of men dying from the drug overdose was approximately thrice that of women.
The researchers also noticed that the death rates increased in all age groups; however, the largest rate was among younger adults between 15 and 34 years of age. Furthermore, the fentanyl drug overdose death rate of people between 15 and 24 years of age increased to nearly 94 percent each year from 2011 to 2016, and nearly 100 percent each year for people between 25 and 34 years of age.
The report also found that whites had the highest rates of fentanyl deaths; however, the rate among blacks as well as Hispanics was growing faster. From 2011 through 2016, blacks had fentanyl overdose death rate increased up to 140 percent annually, while in Hispanics, the rate increased up to 118 percent annually.
The report released in December has found fentanyl as one of the most common drugs involved in overdose deaths. The drug was responsible for approximately 29 percent of all drug overdose deaths in 2016, making fentanyl one of the deadliest drugs in the United States.
The investigators analyzed and evaluated death certificate information, which included fentanyl as well as fentanyl analogs. Previous reports did not look specifically at fentanyl, but synthetic opioids in general. Experts explain that people in the United States are now more likely to die from a drug overdose than a car accident. Drug overdoses killed over 70,000 Americans in 2017, and opioids are the leading ones. Opioids are a class of drugs that include illegal fentanyl and heroin, and commonly prescribed painkillers, such as morphine or oxycodone.
