Final tally: Nearly 107,000 US overdose deaths last yearNEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to final figures released Thursday.The official number was 106,699, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.Also, provisional data includes all overdose deaths, while the final numbers are limited to U.S. residents, he noted.As previously reported, more than 3.4 million Americans died that year, or more than 80,000 than the year before.___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group."