1 / 6

National Overdose Deaths Number of Deaths from Prescription Drugs

National Overdose Deaths Number of Deaths from Prescription Drugs. National Overdose Deaths Number of Deaths from Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers. National Overdose Deaths Number of Deaths from Benzodiazepines. National Overdose Deaths Number of Deaths from Cocaine.

maea
Télécharger la présentation

National Overdose Deaths Number of Deaths from Prescription Drugs

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths from Prescription Drugs

  2. National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths from Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers

  3. National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths from Benzodiazepines

  4. National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths from Cocaine Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder

  5. National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths from Heroin

  6. Alternate Text • The figures above are bar charts showing the number of U.S. overdose deaths involving prescription drugs, opioid analgesics, benzodiazepines, cocaine, or heroin from 2001 to 2014. The charts are overlayed by line graphs showing the number of deaths by males and females. The highest rise was seen for deaths involving heroin with a 6-fold increase from 2001 to 2014. This was followed by deaths involving benzodiazepines with a 5-fold increase and deaths involving prescription opioid pain relievers showing a 3.4-fold increase. Cocaine deaths increased by 42 percent over the same period.

More Related