Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Xylazine: United States, 2018–2021

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• Personal Author:
  Spencer, Merianne Rose ; Cisewski, Jodi A. ; Warner, Margaret ; Garnett, Matthew F.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  This study presents trends in drug overdose death rates involving xylazine from 2018 through 2021, overall and by sex. Rates of drug overdose deaths involving xylazine are also presented by age group and race and Hispanic origin from 2020 to 2021, and by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services public health regions in 2021. Co-involvement for the most frequent drugs involved with xylazine is also reported.
• Subjects:
  Drug Overdose Mortality Xylazine
• Keywords:
  Vital Statistics Rapid Release
• Source:
  National Vital Statistics System
• Series:
  NCHS Vital Statistics Rapid Release Reports
• Document Type:
  Report
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Division:
  Division of Vital Statistics
• Issue:
  30
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:10f17938190eeb1ab6aca8f0ba814a3d1b3433ae86d2a26a4c5b6c2857b43686d12adafd5fa0fea5724dc132e04165b503b1d35ed3829131ea8c87d612cf2be6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/129519/cdc_129519_DS1.pdf
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