'The United States experienced nearly 108,000 drug overdose deaths in 2022, setting a new record, as reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (
CDC). This marks a continuation of a nearly two-decade trend of increasing fatalities, with the 2022 figure slightly rising by about 1% from 2021’s total of 107,000 deaths.
Despite early provisional data suggesting over 109,000 overdose deaths, the final count, focusing solely on U.S. residents, was finalized at 107,941. A
report highlighted a slight but not statistically significant decline in overdose death rates among females from 2021 to 2022, contrasting with an increase in male overdose deaths, who constitute approximately 70% of the total.'
Record High Drug Overdose Deaths Reported by CDC - yourNEWS