Ordinary Banana

Though the graph clipped from Slate (number Americans killed vs age at death) is clearly bogus, absurdly so.

Eyeballing that, looks like mode is early 30s but average is still in the 40s.

do you have ideas for a source for a national distribution? I agree it's a weak part of the post.

I don't, I'd go to CDC first but I dunno if their web data digs that deep. I'm just an amateur.

Question I'm really interested in is whether reporting policy changed formally or otherwise--opioid deaths usually polydrug.

So it's plausible to me that the entire trend could be an artifact of "alcohol" or "benzo" fatalities becoming "opioid"

an interesting question. Tho alcohol deaths have been shooting up too!