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There were 42,249 deaths due to opioid overdoses in 2016, compared to a projected 41,070 deaths from breast cancer in 2017 (42,640 in 2015). U.S. life expectancy has dropped for the second year in a row:
The increase largely stemmed from the continued escalation of deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, which jumped to 19,410 in 2016 from 9,580 in 2015 and 5,540 in 2014, according to a TFAH analysis of the report.
[...] The surge in overdose deaths has depressed recent gains in U.S. life expectancy, which fell to an average age of 78.6, down 0.1 year from 2015 and marking the first two-year drop since 1962-1963.
In a separate report, the CDC linked the recent steep increases in hepatitis C infections to increases in opioid injection.
Researchers used a national database that tracks substance abuse admissions to treatment facilities in all 50 U.S. states. They found a 133 percent increase in acute hepatitis C cases that coincided with a 93 percent increase in admissions for opioid injection between 2004 to 2014.
From the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 23 2017, @03:12AM (3 children)
Went for a walk this evening, around an area of a quarter square mile. Passed three people begging in the middle of traffic.
Thanks, Trump, for NO JOBS IN AMERICA.
40% UNEMPLOYMENT, HELL NO!!
LET'S GET TO 100% UNEMPLOYMENT!!!
WE CAN DO IT!!!!
(Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Saturday December 23 2017, @06:31AM (2 children)
Yeah, thank Trump for beggars. Except, there have been beggars in this country since at least the middle '80's when I started driving truck. There have been homeless people, at least in San Diego, since at least 1975, when I was there for my Navy A School. Has Trump been in office that long?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 23 2017, @08:59AM (1 child)
Runaway, you're not dead yet?
Did you intentionally disregard the context, or are you just a senile asshole? I hope your asshole is senile and you forgot to change your senior moron diaper again, because you fucking stink.
You conveniently miss the whole goddamned point of mentioning "three beggars per square quarter-mile" bwcause that's an indication of beggar density. BEGGAR DENSITY IS INCREASING, YOU STUPID SENILE SHIT.
You know what? You, Runaway, are not worth communicating with. Ever. Just die.
Die.
DIE.
DIE DIE DIE.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Saturday December 23 2017, @11:05AM
Ho-hum. You're going to die of apoplexy before I finally kick the bucket. Didn't you hear? Only the good die young. I'm stuck here for a good while longer. I'll be a worn out, nearly dessicated zombie impersonator before I'm allowed to leave. But, you're good, aren't you? Hope you're ready to meet your maker!!