Behavioral Health Business September 25, 2024
Chris Larson

Drug overdose deaths are on a sustained decline in the U.S., a celebrated development for behavioral health advocates.

“This is the first good news we’ve heard in a while on this front,” National Council for Mental Wellbeing CEO and President Chuck Ingoglia said in a statement. “Let’s hope this decline in fatalities is an indication that we’re turning the corner on overdose deaths.”

However, data show the improvements are uneven across various demographics.

A new analysis of the CDC’s overdose death data by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) states that white people and young people have disproportionately benefited from the myriad efforts to reduce overdose deaths. Reductions in death were muted for all other groups and worsened for one.

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