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Final tally: Nearly 107,000 US overdose deaths last year

Por: ABC News Health December 22, 2022

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NEW YORK -- Nearly 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to final figures released Thursday.The official number was 106,699, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. That's nearly 16% higher than the nearly 92,000 overdose deaths in 2020.Earlier, provisional data suggested there were more than 107,000 overdose deaths last year. The numbers may have changed as some additional death records have come... + full article



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