Black Americans saw the sharpest increase in overdose deaths.
"This is the largest increase in U.S. history," said Dr. Debra Houry, CDC's acting principal deputy director and director of the agency's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control."These numbers are staggering."The death rate increased most dramatically — 44% — among Black Americans, from 27 deaths per 100,000 in 2019 to 38.9 deaths per 100,000 in 2020.
The sharp increase in drug overdose deaths was apparent by 2021, when the CDC reported that the country hadIt is clear that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on substance use, experts say. Drug overdoses were on the rise prior to 2020, Houry said,"but not at this rate." But simply adding treatment centers in areas with higher rates of overdose isn't likely to help, the report showed. The rate of deadly overdoses was higher in places that had substance use treatment facilities.
"Most people who died by overdose have no evidence of getting substance use treatment before their death," she said.
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