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Opioid Overdose Prevention in Tribal Communities

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CDC Injury Center

Key points:

  • In 2022, 1,543 non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native people died by overdose, which was the highest rate of any racial or ethnic group.
  • CDC’s Division of Injury Prevention appropriated $18 million in tribal overdose funding in fiscal year 2023.
  • The CDC Injury Center is committed to comprehensive efforts to address the opioid crisis in tribal and urban Indian communities.

CDC Injury Center
September 6, 2024

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