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There were around 68,700 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2018. 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.
For example, In New England, fentanyl had the highest adjusted overdose death rate and meth was a distant 10th on the list. In the region that includes the mountain states and the Dakotas, meth ...
Nationwide, most deaths still involve opioid drugs like fentanyl and heroin. Fentanyl was involved in 39% of the deaths that year, followed by heroin, 23%, and cocaine, 21%. Meth is most common ...
In the US around 107,500 people died in the 12-month period ending August 31, 2022, at a rate of 294 deaths per day. [27] 70,630 people died from drug overdoses in 2019. [28] The U.S. drug overdose death rate has gone from 2.5 per 100,000 people in 1968 to 21.5 per 100,000 in 2019. [25]
Where sources are able to indicate, deaths are specified as 'suicide', 'accidental', 'undetermined', or otherwise in the 'cause' column. Where sources do not explicitly state intent, they will be listed in this column as 'unknown'. Deaths from accidents or misadventure caused by drug overdoses or intoxication are also included on this list.
Also, meth toxicity accounted for 64.3 % of the deaths, compared with just 16.4 % from opioid poisoning. A mix of meth and opioid toxicity accounted for 11.4 % of the deaths.
They have higher rates of disease, higher death rates, and a lack of medical coverage. [1] These health issues are matched by illegal drug abuse; abuse levels are higher than any other demographic group in the United States. Methamphetamine abuse on reservations was a particular area of concern for tribal and federal governments in the 2000s. [2]
The Medical Examiner in Tulsa ruled the Nov 15, 2023, death of an inmate at Washington County Jail an accident caused by heroin and meth.