NCHS data on drug poisoning death

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  In recent years, the rate of poisoning deaths in the United States has been on the rise. Drugs – both legal and illegal – cause the vast majority of poisoning deaths.
  
  NCHS uses the NationalVital Statistics System (NVSS) to monitor deaths due to drug poisoning. The NVSS collects and compiles mortality information from death certificates in all 50 States and the District of Columbia. Policymakers and public health professionals use the NVSS data to design and direct program and policy intervention efforts at the national, state, and local levels.
  
  NCHS identifies the number of drug poisoning deaths from statements about the underlying cause of death on death certificates. Drug poisoning deaths can result from unintentional or intentional overdoses of a drug, being given the wrong drug, taking the wrong drug in error, or taking a drug inadvertently.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Drug Overdose Poisoning/mortality Prescription Drugs/poisoning Statistics As Topic Street Drugs/poisoning Vital Statistics
• Source:
  National Health Interview Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Fact Sheet
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 Pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23474/cdc_23474_DS1.pdf
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