“The rate at which middle-aged American women die from overdoses involving opioids and other drugs nearly quadrupled between 1999 and 2017, new government data shows.
In 1999, about seven out of every 100,000 deaths among U.S. women aged 30 to 64 was caused by a drug overdose, but by 2017 that rate had risen to about 24 women per 100,000 — a 260 percent increase, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
At the same time, rates of fatal ODs from opioids, specifically, rose nearly sixfold for middle-aged women.
The steepest increase was actually seen among older women — those aged 55 to 64 — noted a team led by Karin Mack, of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.”
Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-01-10/fatal-drug-ods-soaring-among-middle-aged-women-cdc
Source: USNews.com – January 10. 2019
