The source details the following: "The WHO excludes data on the cause of death from Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, and Tuvalu."
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Top countries by drug-related death rates worldwide in 2020.
Deaths related to drug use are, unfortunately, increasingly common, especially in the northern part of the American continent. Thus, the United States records the highest number of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants due to this cause. Following at some distance are Canada, with about **** deaths per 100,000 people, and Australia with nearly .
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