Opioid death have increase among older Black men why! This video is about opioid death among older black men. Opioid overdose deaths have increased drastically among older Black men over a decade now. from 1999 to 2019, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open. In a longitudinal cross-sectional study, which examined data on opioid overdose deaths among adults aged 55 years and older from the CDC’s Multiple Cause of Death database. Data on deaths that occurred between Jan. 1, 1999, and Dec. 31, 2019, were stratified by sex, race and ethnicity in this case older black men. The question is why.