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Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. [1] [2] A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [3] The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Around 1,106,900 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 ...
The statewide opioid death rate was 27 deaths per 100,000 population in 2022, the most recent state data show. The highest per capita death rates were in Ulster (63) and Sullivan (62).
The prevalence of opioid overdose deaths per 100,000 within the USA was highest for non-Hispanic White, followed by Black, Hispanic, and Asian/Pacific Islander individuals. [154] During the first and second wave of the opioid epidemic, White American people were most affected by opioid overdose. [155]
In Summit County, 216 residents died last year from unintended drug overdose deaths, down from 230 in 2022 and a high of 298 in 2016, according to the state report.
Monroe had the sixth-highest opioid death rate among New York counties in 2022, at 39 deaths per 100,000 population, the most recent state data show. The highest per capita death rates were in ...
See West Virginia in previous 2020 map: Drug Overdose Deaths. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Click on a map year. The numbers are in the data table below the map. Numbers of deaths for each state, and the age-adjusted rates of death per 100,000 population for each state.
Overdose deaths in Ohio decreased 5% in 2022, but still remain at a staggering number of 4,915 lives, which follows the state record of 5,174 deaths the year before.
U.S. drug overdose deaths dropped slightly in 2023, according to early data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the first annual decrease in drug overdose deaths since 2018.