福克斯新闻 美国用药过量现象剧增（在线收听）

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

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 ethnic 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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