Rise in deaths from drug overdose and firearm injury during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and its impact on organ transplantation

Figure 1 Trends in crude rates of United States. A: Population-based deaths; B: Organ donor deaths, annual percentage increase with a statistically significant increase during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic (2020-2021). COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.

Figure 2 Common causes of death among organ donors (18-75 years) from 2014-2021.

Figure 3 Geographic variations in age-adjusted rates of deaths and associated risk factors and determinants of health in the United States from 2021-2022. A: Age-adjusted death rates of substance abuse by state (2021)[24]; B: Age-adjusted death rates of firearm injury by state (2021)[24]; C: Percentage of people in poverty for the united states and Puerto Rico (2022)[25]; D: Small area health insurance estimates showing percent of uninsured people < 65 years old (2021)[26]; E: Community resilience estimates showing percent residents in a neighborhood with >3 at-risk factors (2021)[27], F: Gini index of income inequality (2021)[28].