While the latest CDC data does not include demographics, a recent analysis from the health policy research organization KFF compared fatal overdoses from the second half of 2023 to the same period the year before and found deaths decreased among most racial and ethnic groups.
Still, white people experienced a more significant decline in deaths than other groups, KFF policy analyst Heather Saunders, who wrote the analysis, told the Post.
More information
The National Institute of Drug Abuse has more on overdoses.
SOURCE: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, data, Oct. 7, 2024; Washington Post
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