Evaluation of Increases in Overdose Mortality Rates by Race & Ethnicity Before and During COVID

Mar 10, 2022
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Evaluation of Increases in Drug Overdose Mortality Rates in the US by Race and Ethnicity Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, in JAMA Psychiatry

key takeaway: "Black individuals had the largest percentage increase in overdose mortality rates in 2020, overtaking the rate among White individuals for the first time since 1999, and American Indian or Alaska Native individuals experienced the highest rate of overdose mortality in 2020 of any group observed."

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