NCHS data on drug-overdose deaths [June 2020]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Office of of Planning, Budget, and Legislation.
• Description:
  NCHS uses the NationalVital Statistics System (NVSS) to monitor deaths due to drug overdose. NVSS collects mortality information from death certificates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. NCHS identifies the number of drug overdose deaths from the underlying cause of death on death certificates. Multiple causes of death are used to identify deaths involving specific drugs. In 2018, approximately 8% of death certificates for drug overdose deaths lacked information on the specific drugs involved.
  
  CS316943
  
  factsheet_drug_poisoning.pdf
  
  
• Content Notes:
  About NCHS -- NCHS drug overdose data -- Recent findings -- Who is at risk? -- Drug overdose death rates, by state and the District of Columbia -- Drug overdose death rates by opioid category -- Challenges and future opportunities.
• Subjects:
  Drug Overdose/ethnology Drug Overdose/mortality
• Series:
  NCHS Fact Sheet
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  2 Pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104978/cdc_104978_DS1.pdf
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