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Overview: Public Health Crisis anDemographics of the Opioid Epid

National Press Foundation

April 13, 2016

Debra Houry, MD, MPH

Director

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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Nearly a half

millionpeople have died from drugoverdoses in the UnitedStates from 2000 to 2014.

78Americans die every day from anopioid overdoseincludingprescription opioids and heroin.

24! millionprescriptions "ere "ritten

enough for every adult Am


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10) people who abused or were depeon opioids

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CDCs science and solutions

• Protect the public by trac!ing

trends in the epidemic

• Help states scale up

prevention efforts that wor!

• "mprove patient safety byproviding doctors with data

and guidance for evidence#

based decision#ma!ing


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CDC guideline for opioid prescribing

Primary care providers

Patients $%& with chronic pain

Outpatient settings

Not intended for patients undergoing activecancer treatment, palliative care, or end-of-

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Deb Houry, MD, MPH

Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

www'cdc'gov(drugoverdose

E-mail: vjz7@cdc!ov

"#itter: @De$%ouryCDC

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