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EPI Data Brief: Unintentional Drug Poisoning (Overdose) Deaths Involving Opioids in New York City: 2000-2014

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This report describes the trends in unintentional drug poisoning deaths, including analysis of the most recent preliminary 2014 mortality data. Notably, there was a 56% increase in unintentional overdose deaths since 2010. Seventy-nine percent of drug overdose deaths in 2014 involved an opioid. Heroin plays an increasing role in overdose deaths in New York City, accounting for 57% of all overdose deaths in NYC.

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  • 2015-12-07

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