Email UpdatesJoin Trust for America's Health (TFAH) for a national webinar on their recently released report, Pain in the Nation 2023: The Epidemics of Alcohol, Drug, and Suicide Deaths.
TFAH's Pain in the Nation 2023 report found that the death rate due to alcohol, drugs, and suicide increased by 11 percent in 2021. Deaths due to substance misuse and suicide have been rising in the U.S. for over two decades, with numbers doubling from 104,379 deaths in 2011 to 209,225 in 2021. The increase in 2021 death rates occurred among all ages, races, and geographic groups, but TFAH's report found that increases were particularly high for youth suicides and drug overdoses among certain populations of color and in rural regions of the country.
Please join as they discuss steps policymakers should take to begin to reverse these crises. The briefing will include time for Q&A from the audience.