Today, on International Overdose Awareness Day, Northwestern University scientists have launched a public dashboard containing the most comprehensive data on unintentional fatal drug overdoses in Illinois.
containing the most comprehensive data on unintentional fatal drug overdoses in Illinois.
The goal of the dashboard is to inform public health efforts to address the ever-increasing rate of overdose-related deaths in the state. "The dashboard allows local areas and counties to explore in detail their own issues with drug overdose , and hopefully some ideas of how to address it," said Maryann Mason, associate professor of emergency medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the lead faculty member behind the new dashboard.Year over year, overdose deaths are increasing with"no end in sight," Mason said. She calls the dashboard"a call for all hands on deck.": 473 deaths in 2019 vs.
An alarming increase in non-Hispanic Black adults: 357 deaths in 2019 vs. 610 in 2021—a doubling compared to white adults . One reason could be a shift from harder-to-obtain prescription opioids to easier-to-get
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