Drug overdose deaths in New York rose 66 percent in 2010-15: Report
Health authorities in New York say deaths from drug overdoses catastrophically surged by 66 percent over a span of five years in the US city between 2010 and 2015.
The authorities made the announcement on Tuesday, saying, rates of deaths related to heroin overdose also underwent a dramatic increase by 158 percent over the same period.
“Heroin was involved in 59 percent of the 937 drug overdose deaths reported in America's largest city in 2015,” New York health department said.
The department added that overdose deaths have become a public health crisis across the US, killing more Americans than car crashes.
According to the figures and statistics published by the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the number of heroin overdose deaths in the country more than tripled from 2010 to 2014, while deaths from opioid drugs such as ‘Fentanyl’ almost doubled.
Reports said that 14,000 people died from an opioid overdose in the US in 2014.
"These new data confirm that opioid addiction is a growing problem," said Mary Bassett, New York health commissioner.
"It is the reason the health department has taken a comprehensive approach to prevent overdose deaths in New York City," she added.
Bassett noted that nearly half of heroin-involved overdoses in the city were among white people, a rate that exceeds those among black residents and Latinos.
“New Yorkers aged 45 to 54 had the highest rate of heroin overdose death, but the rate increased by 248 percent in the 15-34 age group,” the city authorities said.
Reports further said Fentanyl accounted for 16 percent of drug overdose deaths in 2015, a three-percent increase from the previous 10 years.
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