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Posted On: 05/30/2022 6:22:14 AM
Come on Dalton get it together hope you know about this report: A new Northwestern Medicine study that analyzed 20 years of fatal opioid overdose data in adults 55 and older paints a much different picture. Between 1999 and 2019, opioid-related overdose deaths increased exponentially in U.S. adults ages 55 and older, from 518 deaths in 1999 to 10,292 deaths in 2019: a 1,886% increase. In the 20-year span, 79,893 people in the U.S. aged 55 to 80 died by opioid overdose, with about half being between 55 and 64 years old, Mason said. The annual overall death rate per 100,000 people 55 years and up ranged from a low of 0.9 in 1999 to a high of 10.7 in 2019 and increased annually from 2000 on, the study found.
Great Doctors we have LOL Post said ageism is one of the contributing factors for the increase in fatal opioid overdoses among older adults, explaining that doctors often don’t screen for drug misuse during appointments with older people because “it doesn’t fit the stereotype of what it means to be old.”
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/01...-the-rise/
Great Doctors we have LOL Post said ageism is one of the contributing factors for the increase in fatal opioid overdoses among older adults, explaining that doctors often don’t screen for drug misuse during appointments with older people because “it doesn’t fit the stereotype of what it means to be old.”
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/01...-the-rise/
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