the overdose death rate rose 40% the among blacks between 2015 and 2016 Age-adjusted drug overdose death rate per 100, LOOO USS residents, by race/ethnicity
Whites, blacks and Hispanics all have experienced substantial increases in fatal drug overdose deaths in recent years, but there has been an especially large rise among blacks. The overdose death rate for black Americans rose 40% between 2015 and 2016, from 12.2 deaths per 100,000 people to 17.1 per 100,000. Among black men in urban counties, specifically, the fatality rate rose 50% – from 22.6 deaths per 100,000 people in 2015 to 34.0 per 100,000 a year later.
Despite the sharp year-over-year increase among blacks, whites continue to have a substantially higher overall drug overdose death rate (25.3 per 100,000) than both blacks (17.1 per 100,000) and Hispanics (9.5 per 100,000).
the overdose death rate rose 40%  | the among blacks between 2015 and 2016  | Age-adjusted drug overdose death rate per  | 100, LOOO USS residents, by race/ethnicity  | 025.3  | White  | 017  | Black  | 6.6 7 .3  | 6.6 .3  | 4. 6  | Hispanic  | 2000  | 2016  | Note: Whites and blacks include only non-Hispanics Hispanics  | are of any race Data for other races and ethnicities not shown.  | Source: Pew Research Center analysis of National Center for  | Health Statistics morta ality data (CDC WONDER).  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 