According to final figures, 106,699 people died, up from 92,000 Americans who died from an overdose the year prior, the CDC reported.
The numbers likely changed as additional death records came in, a CDC spokesman said. Also, provisional data includes all overdose deaths, while the final numbers are limited to U.S. residents, the spokesperson said.Americans' life expectancy continues to fall, erasing health gains of the last quarter century
In 2021, 106,699 drug overdose deaths occurred, resulting in an age-adjusted rate of 32.4 per 100,000 people in the United States.Drug overdose death rates increased for each race and Hispanic-origin group except non-Hispanic Asian people. From 2020 through 2021, the rate of drug overdose deaths increased for deaths involving cocaine and those involving psychostimulants with abuse potential.The CDC on Thursday also released a final report for overall death across the nation in 2021. More than 3.4 million Americans died that year, more than 80,000 than the year prior.
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