Mortality from drug overdoses, homicides, unintentional injuries, motor vehicle crashes, and suicides during the pandemic
Research published in JAMA this week examined death certificate data from the National Center for Health Statistics from March through August 2020. Data showed that deaths from some but not all external causes increased during the pandemic, exceeding pre-pandemic trends. Drug overdose deaths numbered 48,032 and suicide deaths were 23,172 during this time. Read the full paper here.