Drug Overdose Deaths Among Women Aged 30–64 Years — United States, 1999–2017

From 1999 to 2017, the death rate from drug overdose among women aged 30–64 years increased by 260%. Drug overdose deaths involving antidepressants, benzodiazepines, cocaine, heroin, prescription opioids, and synthetic opioids all increased. Among women aged 30–64 years, the average age at death for deaths involving these drugs or drug classes has increased by nearly 3...