Overdose Deaths Increased Fastest Among Black Americans in 2020

Overdose death rates for Black Americans increased by nearly 50% in 2020, a higher increase than among any of the racial or ethnic groups studied by researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles.

Overdose death rates per 100,000 by race and ethnicity in 2019 and 2020

Chart: JOHN DUCHNESKIE / Staff Artist Source: Journal of the American Medical Association