QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Drug Overdose Death Rates Among Workers Aged 16–64 Years in Usual Occupation Groups with the Highest Drug Overdose Death Rates — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2020

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In 2020, the age-adjusted drug overdose death rate among workers with paid, civilian usual occupations was 42.1 deaths per 100,000.
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Authors: Rachael M. Billock, PhD; Andrea L. Steege, PhD; and Arialdi Miniño, MPH

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Figure is a bar graph indicating 2020 age-adjusted drug overdose death rates among U.S. workers aged 16–64 years in usual occupation groups with the highest drug overdose death rates, based on data from the National Vital Statistics System.
Age-Adjusted Drug Overdose Death Rates Among Workers 16–64 Years in Usual Occupation Groups with the Highest Drug Overdose Death Rates, 2020

In 2020, the age-adjusted drug overdose death rate among workers with paid, civilian usual occupations was 42.1 deaths per 100,000.

Drug overdose death rates were highest among workers in the following occupations: construction and extraction (162.6); food preparation and serving related (117.9); personal care and service (74.0); transportation and material moving (70.7); building and grounds cleaning and maintenance (70.0); and installation, maintenance, and repair (69.9).

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7129a5.htm

Source: National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Data. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm.

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