Drug overdose deaths

The launch comes as the latest monthly provisional data from CDC's National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) predicts 67,798 drug overdose deaths in the United States during the 12 months ending in March 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2026). CDC Launches New Overdose Prevention Data Channel. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/cdc-launches-new-overdose-prevention-data-channel.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PQR0W5XRX8JHY4A05NEK4DZHJW

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "CDC Launches New Overdose Prevention Data Channel." 2026, https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/cdc-launches-new-overdose-prevention-data-channel.html. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PQR0W5XRX8JHY4A05NEK4DZHJW.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "CDC Launches New Overdose Prevention Data Channel." 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/cdc-launches-new-overdose-prevention-data-channel.html. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PQR0W5XRX8JHY4A05NEK4DZHJW.

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@misc{cdc2026drug4dzhjw, author = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}, title = {CDC Launches New Overdose Prevention Data Channel}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PQR0W5XRX8JHY4A05NEK4DZHJW}, note = {Original source: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/cdc-launches-new-overdose-prevention-data-channel.html. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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