Who’s at risk for opioid addiction? Statistics show how the opioid epidemic affects different age groups, ethnicities, and genders.

The epidemic of drug overdose deaths is a national disaster. It claimed more than 64,000 lives in 2016, many of them by opioid overdoses. That’s far more than the number of deaths from HIV/AIDS ...

Multiple media outlets, including Vox, have reported the terrifying statistics: The opioid epidemic has led to the deadliest drug crisis in US history — deadlier than the crack epidemic of the ...

The opioid epidemic today progressed in three phases, according to the CDC. The first, involved deaths caused by prescription opioids, the second, an increase in heroin use, and the third, a surge ...

In 2017, the last full year for which drug overdose mortality statistics are available, ... the opioid epidemic cost our country almost 1.7 million years of lost life in 2016 alone.

“Through 2017, the drug overdose epidemic continues to worsen and evolve, and the involvement of many types of drugs (e.g., opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine) underscores the urgency to ...

To understand just how bad the opioid epidemic has gotten, consider these statistics: Drug overdoses in 2015 were linked to more deaths than car crashes or guns, and in fact killed more people ...

Numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics reveal the worsening toll of the opioid epidemic in communities across the country.

Opioids killed more than 33,000 people in the United States 2015. That’s close to as many deaths caused by traffic crashes that same year, according to federal statistics.

Successfully addressing the US opioid overdose epidemic will require a strategy for adolescents and young adults (AYAs). Two in three adults treated for opioid use disorder (OUD) first used ...

More than 1,000 families affected by the opioid epidemic have contributed to the Celebrating Lost Loved Ones interactive map, ... it takes a while for an opioid death to be counted in statistics.