Ukwanda kokushona kwezidakamizwa kwenzeke kuzwelonke, kusukela eminyakeni yobudala, ubulili, namaqembu ezinhlanga/ubuhlanga. Kokubili u-2019 no-2020, amanani aphezulu kakhulu okufa kwabantu abasebenzisa izidakamizwa ngokweqile kwakungawabantu baseMelika base-American Indian/Alaska futhi amaphesenti amakhulu ukwenyuka kwamazinga okufa eqinisweni lezidakamizwa kusukela ngo-2019 kuya ku-2020 abonwa kwabaNsundu nabaMdabu baseHawaii/Kwabanye abantu base-Pacific Islander. Le datha iphinda ibonise isidingo esiphuthumayo sesinyathelo esibanzi sokubhekana nenkinga yezwe ekhulayo yokusetshenziswa kabi kwezidakamizwa phakathi kwabantu abahlukahlukene.
Ukuhlaziywa okwengeziwe kwe-Trust for America's Health (TFAH) kanye ne-Well Being Trust (WBT) yedatha yezinga likahulumeni kukhombisa cishe zonke izifundazwe kanye neSifunda sase-Columbia sibone ukunyuka phakathi kuka-2019 no-2020, okuhlanganisa nezinkulu kakhulu ezifundazweni eziningi.
• Izifundazwe ezinhlanu—i-Kentucky, i-Louisiana, i-Mississippi, i-South Carolina, ne-West Virginia—zibe namazinga okufa ngokweqile kwezidakamizwa akhuphuke ngamaphesenti angaphezu kwangu-50 phakathi kuka-2019 no-2020.
• Izifundazwe eziyisikhombisa nje zibe nokukhuphuka okungaphansi kwamaphesenti ayi-10, okuhlanganisa izifundazwe ezintathu (iDelaware, i-New Hampshire, ne-South Dakota) eyehla.
“Izindlela zesikhathi eside nezakamuva zokusebenzisa izidakamizwa ziyethusa, futhi zidinga ukunakwa okwengeziwe kwabakhi benqubomgomo,” kusho u-J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Trust for America's Health. “Njengoba siqhubeka nokuphendula futhi sisebenzela ukululama kulo bhubhane, kumele sithathe indlela ebanzi ehlanganisa izinqubomgomo nezinhlelo ezinciphisa ukweqisa kwezidakamizwa futhi zisize abantu baseMelika abahlukunyezwa wumlutha. Izinqubo-mgomo ezibhekana nokubi kwezenhlalo, ezomnotho, nezendawo ezungezile, njengokuhlukumezeka kwasebuntwaneni, ubumpofu, nokucwaswa, ziyadingeka ukuze zisize ekuguquleni umkhondo wokufa kotshwala, izidakamizwa, nokuzibulala emashumini eminyaka ezayo.”
Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, i-TFAH kanye ne-WBT bakhiphe njengochungechunge lwemibiko mayelana "nokufa kokuphelelwa ithemba" okubizwa ngokuthi Ubuhlungu Esizweni: I-Drug, Alcohol and Suicides Epidemics kanye Nesidingo Sesu Likazwelonke Lokuqina, okuhlanganisa ukuhlaziywa kwedatha nezincomo izinqubomgomo nezinhlelo ezisekelwe ebufakazini eziphethwe yiziphathimandla, izifundazwe kanye nezikhulu zendawo. Umbiko we-2022 Pain in the Nation uzokhishwa ngoMeyi.
“Lokhu kuncike ebuholini nasezenzweni. Uma singasuki senze okuthile manje, lezi zimo ezimbi zizoqhubeka,” kusho uBenjamin F. Miller, PsyD, uMongameli we-Well Being Trust. “Imininingwane icacile—sidinga ukwedlula ukukhuluma siphushele izinhlelo nezinqubomgomo ezisebenzayo; futhi, kudingeka sikwenze lokho ngendlela eqaphela ukuthi yonke imiphakathi ihlukile futhi ngamunye uzozuza endleleni eklanyelwe ukubhekana nale nkinga enkulu.”
Okutholwe okubalulekile ngohlobo lwezidakamizwa okuvela embikweni wakamuva we-NCHS kufaka phakathi:
• Sekukonke ukufa kwabantu abasebenzisa izidakamizwa ngokweqile: Abantu baseMelika abangama-91,799 babulawa ukweqisa izidakamizwa ngo-2020, izinga lokufa kwabantu abangama-28.3 kubantu abayi-100,000. Lesi yizinga eliphezulu elingamaphesenti angama-31 kunangonyaka ka-2019 lapho abantu baseMelika abangama-70,630 bebulawa ukweqisa izidakamizwa (abangu-21.6 bafa kwabayi-100,000).
• Ukufa kwe-opioid ngokweqile: Abantu baseMelika abangu-68,630 bafa ngenxa ye-opioid overdose ngo-2020, izinga lokufa kwe-21.4 kubantu abangu-100,000. Lesi izinga elingamaphesenti angama-38 ngaphezulu kuka-2019 lapho abantu baseMelika abangama-49,860 bebulawa ukweqisa kwe-opioid (ukufa kwe-15.5 kwabayi-100,000).
• Ukufa kwe-opioid ye-Synthetic overdose: Abantu baseMelika abangu-56,516 bafa ngenxa ye-opioid yokwenziwa ngo-2020, izinga lokufa kwe-17.8 kubantu abayi-100,000. Lokho izinga elingamaphesenti angama-56 ngaphezulu kuka-2019, lapho abantu baseMelika abangama-36,359 11.4 bebulawa ngokweqile kwe-opioid yokwenziwa (ukufa kwe-100,000 kwabayi-XNUMX). Izinga lokufa kwe-opioid yokwenziwa kwe-overdose lenyuke ngaphezu kokuphindwe kahlanu kule minyaka emihlanu edlule.
• Ukufa kwe-cocaine ngokweqile: Abantu baseMelika abangu-19,447 babulawa ukweqisa kwe-cocaine ngo-2020, izinga lokufa okungu-6.0 kubantu abayi-100,000. Lelo zinga liphakeme ngamaphesenti angama-22 kunonyaka ka-2019, lapho abantu baseMelika abayi-15,883 4.9 babulawa ukweqisa kwe-cocaine (abantu abashonile abayi-100,000 kwabayi-XNUMX). Izinga lokufa kwabantu abasebenzisa izidakamizwa ze-cocaine likhuphuke cishe ngokuphindwe kathathu kule minyaka emihlanu edlule.
• Ukufa kwe-Psychostimulant overdose: Abantu baseMelika abangu-23,837 babulawa ama-psychostimulants ngo-2020, izinga lokufa okungu-7.5 kubantu abayi-100,000. Lokho izinga elingamaphesenti angama-50 ngaphezulu kuka-2019, lapho abantu baseMelika abayi-16,167 bebulawa ukweqisa kwe-psychostimulant (ukufa okungu-5.0 kwabayi-100,000). Izinga lokufa ngokweqile kwama-psychostimulants likhuphuke ngokuphindwe kane kule minyaka emihlanu edlule.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In both 2019 and 2020, the highest overdose deaths rates were for American Indian/Alaska Native people and the largest percentage increase in drug overdose death rates from 2019 to 2020 were seen in Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander people.
- “As we continue to respond to and work to recover from the pandemic, we must take a comprehensive approach that includes policies and programs that reduce overdoses and help Americans suffering from addiction.
- The Drug, Alcohol and Suicides Epidemics and the Need for a National Resilience Strategy, which include data analysis and recommendations for evidence-based policies and programs that federal, state, and local officials.
