107,000 opioid deaths in 2021: That's almost as many people who are currently living in Green Bay, Wisconsin

 

Headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 12/22/2022

The official number was 106,699, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. That's nearly 16% higher than the nearly 92,000 overdose deaths in 2020. 

Meanwhile, life expectancy in the United States dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling to the lowest it has been since 1996, according to final mortality data published Thursday by the CDC. Life expectancy fell to about 76 years, 5 months.

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