CDC Researchers State Overdose Death Rates From Prescription …
https://www.cato.org/…/cdc-researchers-state-overdose-death-rates-prescription-opioid…by over half
Mar 22, 2018 - CDC Researchers State Overdose Death Rates From Prescription … They called the prescription opioid overdose rate “significantly inflated.”.
Heart disease: 635,260
Cancer: 598,038
lung cancer in NEVER SMOKERS would rank among the most common causes of cancer mortality in the U.S.
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 161,374
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 154,596
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 142,142
Alzheimer’s disease: 116,103
Diabetes: 80,058
Influenza and Pneumonia: 51,537
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis: 50,046
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 44,965
Chronic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis: 40,545
Motor vehicle Deaths 40,100
Unintentional fall deaths: 34,673
Antibiotic Resistant Infections: 23,000
Alcoholic liver disease deaths: 21,815
Physician Prescribed Opioids: 17,029 (could even be lower)
Per CDC…
A US survey, combining data from 2002 to 2006, found that an annual average of 593,000 teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants for the first time in the year before they took the survey.
More than 22.9 million Americans have experimented with inhalants at some point in their lives.
One state in the US averaged more than 3,800 emergency room visits and 450 hospitalizations a year due to inhalant poisonings, according to statistics released in 2008.
https://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/inhalants/international-statistics.html