Drug Overdose Deaths Among Adolescent Males Aged 15–19 in the United States: 1999–2015
by: Melissa Tobin (over 6 years ago)



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This data set depicts the drug overdose deaths among children between the ages of 15 and 19.  The data depicted here is very interesting as most of the overdose deaths, upon further investigation, are due to opioids.  The data was gathered from the CDC.gov website.  The full report can be found at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db282.htm

Guiding Questions:

1. Do you see any trends in this data (for both Males and Females)?

2. Which gender had, overall, the most overdoses during the period of time data was collected? 

3.  Based on the presented data, which gender is more likely to die from a drug overdose?  



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Drug Overdose Deaths Among Adolescent Males Aged 15–19 in the United States: 1999–2015

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Description

This data set depicts the drug overdose deaths among children between the ages of 15 and 19.  The data depicted here is very interesting as most of the overdose deaths, upon further investigation, are due to opioids.  The data was gathered from the CDC.gov website.  The full report can be found at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db282.htm

Guiding Questions:

1. Do you see any trends in this data (for both Males and Females)?

2. Which gender had, overall, the most overdoses during the period of time data was collected? 

3.  Based on the presented data, which gender is more likely to die from a drug overdose?  




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Name Units Type of Data
Gender
Text
Year
None
Number
Number of Deaths
per 100,000
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