Thank goodness San Francisco isn’t getting in the way of anybody’s happiness
In 2020, nearly 90,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses or poisonings. In 2000, 17,000 did.
By contrast, just 308 people in the U.S. died from natural disasters, down from 413 in 2019.
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San Francisco Drug Overdose Deaths CORRECTED
Note: We are using data from CDC, not the California Electronic Death Registration System (CA-EDRS), to allow comparisons to other cities, except for 2020 data, which comes from the SF Office of Medical Examiner.
San Francisco Drug Overdose Deaths from California Electronic Death Registration System (CA-EDRS), through to 2019.
Numbers are slightly different but same trend.
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