美國藥物濫用致死人數(shù)持續(xù)上升，對(duì)人口造成“毀滅性影響”

美國藥物濫用問題已經(jīng)成為一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的公共衛(wèi)生危機(jī)。據(jù)美國有線電視新聞網(wǎng)（CNN）10月11日?qǐng)?bào)道，最新數(shù)據(jù)顯示，美國濫用藥物致死人數(shù)每月仍在增長。美國疾病控制與預(yù)防中心國家衛(wèi)生統(tǒng)計(jì)中心的最新估算顯示，在截至5月的12個(gè)月內(nèi)，超過11.2萬人死于藥物過量，較前一年增加了2700多人。哥倫比亞大學(xué)流行病學(xué)教授凱瑟琳·凱斯稱，2023年美國藥物濫用致死人數(shù)仍然呈上升趨勢(shì)，“這無疑表明藥物濫用對(duì)人口健康的毀滅性影響”。

Supplies for patients at OnPoint NYC are pictured at the newly formed nonprofit that operates a overdose prevention center in the Harlem borough of New York on Feb 8, 2022. [Photo/Agencies]

There were 112,024 overdose deaths in the 12month period ending in May, compared with 109,261 in the 12month period ending in May 2022, a 2.5% increase.報(bào)道稱，截止今年5月的12個(gè)月內(nèi)，全美共有112024人因服藥過量死亡，而截至2022年5月的12個(gè)月內(nèi)為109261人，增幅為2.5%。

Dr. Katherine Keyes, a professor of epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, noted that the increase is leveling off.哥倫比亞大學(xué)梅爾曼公共衛(wèi)生學(xué)院流行病學(xué)教授凱瑟琳·凱斯博士指出，這一增長趨勢(shì)正在趨于平穩(wěn)。

“We still have an extraordinary number of overdose deaths that is orders of magnitude higher than we’ve seen in previous years,” she said. However, “the increase that we [saw] in 2021 has slowed down.”她說：“美國仍然有大量的服藥過量死亡病例，比前幾年高出幾個(gè)數(shù)量級(jí)。但較2021年的增速有所放緩。”

Overdose deaths spiked 30% between 2019 and 2020 and rose another 15% between 2020 and 2021, according to the CDC.美國疾控中心數(shù)據(jù)顯示，2019年至2020年間，藥物濫用致死人數(shù)激增30%，2020年至2021年間又上升了15%。

“There were extraordinary increases in 2020 and 2021 that have started to flatten out in 2022 – now going into 2023. They’re not declining yet,” Keyes said. “But the pace of the increase is certainly slowing.“2020年和2021年出現(xiàn)了異常增長，但在2022年開始趨于平緩，2023年仍沒有下降趨勢(shì)，但增長速度肯定在放緩。

"So that is both good news and indicative of a continuing public health crisis.”CNN稱，這既是一個(gè)好消息，也預(yù)示著一場(chǎng)持續(xù)的公共衛(wèi)生危機(jī)。

Keyes highlights that these small accumulation of overdose deaths are still putting 2023 on track to be another devastating year amid the drug epidemic.凱斯強(qiáng)調(diào)，藥物濫用致死人數(shù)慢慢積累，2023年或?qū)⒊蔀橛忠粋€(gè)毒品泛濫的災(zāi)難性年頭。

“It’s still slightly higher than previous 12month periods. So, it certainly still indicates just a devastating impact on population health,” she said.她說：“藥物濫用致死人數(shù)仍然略高于之前的12個(gè)月。因此，這無疑表明藥物濫用仍然對(duì)人口健康存在毀滅性影響。”

Certain states – particularly in the western United States – have seen steep increases in deaths in comparison with national totals.與全美總死亡人數(shù)相比，一些州，特別是西部州死亡人數(shù)急劇增加。

Washington had the highest increase: more than 37% from the year ending May 2022 to the year ending this May, from 2,373 to 3,254.華盛頓州增幅最高：從截至2022年5月的一年到截至今年5月的一年，增幅超過37%，從2373增至3254。

來源：中國日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)