福克斯新闻 美国用药过量现象剧增

Death from drug overdose in the United States has increased 250 percent since the start of the millennium¹, according to the National Centers for Health Statistics².

In 1999, a little more than six out of every 100,000 deaths was due to a drug OD. As of 2015, that number was up to to more than 16.

The study also shows more men than women die of drug overdose, and that such deaths are most common among people in their mid-40’s to their mid-50’s, and white Americans had the highest rate of drug OD death among all ethnic³ groups.

Eben Brown, FOX News.

根据美国国家卫生统计中心的数据，自新千年开始以来，美国服药过量造成的死亡增加了250%。

1999年，每10万例死亡中就有超过6例是由于服药过量。截止到2015年，该数字上升到超过16人。

研究还显示，死于服药过量的男性多于女性，而40多岁到50多岁最为常见，在所有种族中，白人美国人在服药过量死亡人群中比例最高。

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1 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

2 statistics   

n.统计，统计数字，统计学

参考例句：

• We have statistics for the last year.我们有去年的统计资料。
• Statistics is taught in many colleges.许多大学都教授统计学。

3 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。