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Alaska drug overdose mortality rates

Overview

A study analyzing data from 2020 through 2024 has identified Alaska as having the 10th-highest average annual drug overdose death rate in the United States. The state averaged 39.43 deaths per 100,000 residents, with an annual total of approximately 290 deaths.

Mortality rates in the state peaked in 2023, reaching 50.7 deaths per 100,000 residents from a total of 372 recorded deaths.

Entities

Alaska · Nebraska · West Virginia · H&P Law · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Timeline

  1. [HEALTH] 3 sources
    Alaska ranks 10th in U.S. drug overdose death rate

    Alaska ranks 10th in the U.S. for average annual drug overdose death rates, according to a study of data from 2020 to 2024.

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Sources

homernews.com · juneauempire.com · saferworld.org.uk