one behind the ear
Posted on 12/23/2017 4:53:40 PM PST by Morgana
West Virginia still leads the nation in the rate of drug overdose deaths according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths in West Virginia was 52 per 100,000 in 2016, The Register-Herald reported.
Ohio just edged ahead of New Hampshire in 2016, coming in second with a rate of 39.1 deaths per 100,000. New Hampshire dropped to third place with a rate of 39 drug overdose deaths per 100,000.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., urged his fellow congressman to quadruple addiction prevention efforts”
Build the wall, you brain-dead coprophage.
BTW, how many of those deaths are connected with prescriptions, and how many with black-market drugs?
We need to deport a lot of thugs back to America’s toilet bowl Detroit
Are you kidding? Who's gonna feed the law enforcement/prison/pharmaceutical industrial complex?
“Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., urged his fellow congressman to quadruple addiction prevention efforts”
Build the wall, you brain-dead coprophage.
BTW, how many of those deaths are connected with prescriptions, and how many with black-market drugs?”
Aha, someone else familiar with medical terminology. Quit voting for Munchingonit already!
A little bit of personal responsibility goes a long way. Even these dead drugaddicts are victims? More like GOOD RIDDANCE!
Anyone find it odd this crisis magically appears in the waning months of the Obama Admin? Not saying he caused it, but how the heck does something so suddenly become a national crisis?
one behind the ear
So is this rate per 100,000/state population or 100,000 of a particular age group?
French news keep saying it is the pain caused by coal industry and pharma’s oxitocyn prescriptions. I say it is Obama letting Talebans and Hezbollah funnel the stuff to red states
They fudge the numbers. This NYS Dept of Health Web page explains it well.
https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/chronic/ageadj.htm
As long as they are adjusting the numbers equally among states then they generally can be compared.
This is done with lots of stats.
Thanks
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