Increases in Drug and Opioid-involved Overdose Deaths - United States
This Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) details the increase in opioid-involved overdose deaths between 2010 and 2015, including factors driving the increase as well as overdoses by demographic aspects, like race/ethnicity, sex, and age. It also includes information about where overdoses are increasing throughout the United States.
Rudd, R. A., et al. (2016). Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths - United States, 2010-2015. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 65(50&51): 1445-1452. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm655051e1.htm?s_cid=mm655051e1_w