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Chart of Share of Population with Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders

Share of Population with Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders
In 2018, the Center for Disease Control reported that US life expectancy had declined in recent years, a trend largely attributed to drug overdose and suicide. Suicide rates in the US have risen by 30% since 1999.

Sources

Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network,2019; cited at: www.ourworldindata.org

Tags: alcohol and drug use disorder, drug and alcohol use in the united states, russian and the world, suicide rates, share of population with alcohol and drug use disorders, life-expectancy-disease

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