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That is a rate of 210 deaths per million residents. [4] [5] Compare that rate to the 2018 rates of the European countries in the first chart below. Drug overdose death rates for European countries. [15] [16] Location links below are "Healthcare in LOCATION" links. Drug overdose deaths per year by European country. [16]
Many sources point to fentanyl as the leading cause of teen overdose death. According to a 2022 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, between 2010 and 2021, the number of teenage deaths caused by black-market fentanyl and related synthetic substances increased more than twentyfold, from 38 to 884. [119]
From 2011 to 2021, prescription opioid deaths per year remained stable, while synthetic opioid deaths per year increased from 2,600 overdoses to 70,601. [23] Since 2018, fentanyl and its analogues have been responsible for most drug overdose deaths in the United States, causing over 71,238 deaths in 2021.
As of Dec. 20, 2023, CNT had recorded 86 overdose deaths, a year-over-year increase of 45.8%. Between 2021 (46) and 2022 (59), deaths caused by drug overdoses increased by 13, or 28.2%.
Deaths from carfentanil rose by more than 700% in the past year, according to the same source — there were 29 deadly overdoses between January and June 2023, and 238 in that same time frame in 2024.
Of the 213 fatalities due to all drugs last year, a record 138 were caused by fentanyl. The total number of deaths last year was a 21% increase over 2022, while fentanyl deaths increased by 8%.
Specifically, in 2023, there were 74,702 deaths from synthetic opioids, and most of those deaths were from fentanyl. By comparison, in 2022 the estimated number was 76,226, according to the CDC.
Jun. 4—LIMA — Fentanyl deaths are on the decline, a positive turn in an overdose epidemic that has killed at least 100 people in Allen County since 2020. Preliminary Ohio Department of Health ...