Drug overdoses by sex \ stacker news ~charts_and

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494 sats \ 23 comments \ @k00b 20 Nov charts_and_numbers

Source: https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates#Fig1

269 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Nov

Would have been interesting to see this normalized to population, and also going back to the 70s when the "war on drugs" started

63 sats \ 2 replies \ @stack_harder 20 Nov

my initial thought reading that title was 'getting sexed to death is not a bad way to go'

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 21 Nov

next up: number of sex overdoses by drug type

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Nov

That's how I read it at first too

31 sats \ 4 replies \ @Imyourfed 20 Nov

I'm not a citizen of USA, but is it true that taking drugs is very normal in US? and that too very harmful ones?

16 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b OP 20 Nov

Americans do have the highest death rates in the world due to drug abuse, but I wouldn't say it's "very normal."

14 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 20 Nov

Especially deaths from drunk driving. The drunk driver usually survives

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Imyourfed 20 Nov

Got it thanks

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @random_ 20 Nov

Americans are built different. Drugs are actually for the health conscious there.

12 sats \ 6 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 20 Nov

The arrival of viagra must have contributed a lot to the rise! I'll have to look into this further. :)

43 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b OP 20 Nov

I don't think you can overdose on viagra. Maybe your partner can though.

17 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 20 Nov

I think I misunderstood the graph. I thought it was an overdose of sex. I have to change my glasses! Ahhh

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoinisawesome 20 Nov

Oooh by overdose by the different sexes… got it now too.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 20 Nov

No way. Same here.. Took me a second

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 20 Nov

That's what I was thinking!

Highlights

Multicenter design, covering a population of 20 million inhabitants over 12 years.

Low incidence affecting mainly middle-aged males during heterosexual intercourse.

Cardiac origin, mainly due to ischemic heart disease that remained silent in life.

Frequent association with use of cocaine and medications for erectile dysfunction.

Relative high of frequency of obesity and performing unusual sexual practices.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0379073823003584

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 21 Nov

priapism and heart attack from excessive vessel dilatation are some of the side effects of viagra. also, pilots cannot take viagra within a few hours of flying, because it causes color blindness, which can be irreversible with chronic use.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 20 Nov

Male is double than female? What thrill seekers...

113 sats \ 0 replies \ @028559d218 20 Nov

people use drugs as an escape. The loss of 'masculinity' or 'masculine' (manual-labor) well-paying jobs has had a huge impact on Americans.

Sometimes men use the drugs to cope. Women too... but women imo have a much easier time expressing how they feel and addressing their feelings

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 20 Nov

Nice?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 20 Nov

The number of overdoses has doubled since 2015.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @suraz 20 Nov

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 20 Nov

IMO, There is less data in the chart. The real figure is even higher.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Shugard 20 Nov

Go guy! We win this race!

Of course! Guys cannot show weakness, so they hide under drugs. Men are losers when they fail. Women have a much bigger safety net.

Also man like to risk and try more so even on that side its easier to get into drugs.