Overdose fatalities declined 3 percent in the United States in 2023, marking the first significant decrease in these tragic deaths in five years. More than 107,500 people died from drug overdose ...

And some states, including Oregon and Washington, continued to experience sharp rises in overall overdose fatalities. Drug overdoses overall in 2023 were estimated at 107,543, down from 111,029 in ...

That compares with 111,029 overdose deaths in 2022. Drug deaths in 2023 remained above the 106,699 fatalities recorded by the CDC in 2021. Before the explosion of fentanyl and methamphetamine use ...

But despite the welcoming drop of approximately 3% in overdose deaths ... decline of 3.1% in drug deaths in 2023, though the progress was uneven — from a 25% drop in fatalities in Nebraska ...

The CDC estimated 107,543 U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2023, a 3% decline from the 111,029 deaths in 2022. CDC National Center for Health Statistics officials said the estimates are based on ...

There were around 107,500 fatalities in the year to ... and friends losing their loved ones to drug overdoses at staggering numbers.' The drug overdose epidemic, which has killed more than one ...

U.S. drug overdose deaths dropped slightly in 2023, according to early data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the first annual decrease in drug overdose deaths since 2018.

Overdose deaths involving opioids, including fentanyl, fell from 2022 to 2023. Drug overdose deaths fell in 2023, marking the first decrease in five years, new provisional federal data published ...

Last year saw 107,543 U.S. drug overdose deaths, according to preliminary statistics released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly a 3% drop from 2022. The decrease ...

They spoke about their journeys through grief and their missions to spread awareness at the “We Fight Together” Overdose and Drug Poisoning Awareness Walk Run in Highland. Rachel Carlisle ...

After a steep rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, preliminary data shows that drug overdose deaths in the United States ticked down in 2023 for the first time in five years. About 107,500 people ...

The number who died of drug overdoses in 2023 was nearly three times higher than it was back in 2014, when health officials began recognizing the signs of an overdose health crisis on the horizon.