Consistent with a national trend, Black men born between 1951 and 1970 are dying at rate that outpaces other groups

In Philadelphia, a new analysis shows that older Black men from their 50s to their 70s are dying at the highest rates of all.

Black men in their mid-fifties to mid-seventies accounted for nearly 38% of the city’s opioid fatalities in 2022, while only making up about 4% of D.C.’s total population.