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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.
Concerning the 2017 data in the charts below, deaths from the various drugs add up to more than 70,200 because multiple drugs are involved in many of the deaths. [2] According to the National Safety Council, the lifetime odds of dying from an overdose in the United States is 1 in 96. [68] Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state.
Overdose Death Rates. By National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). See links section near the bottom of the page for the latest data link, and a PowerPoint link. See also CDC's searchable database, called CDC Wonder. 1999-2020 chart. 1999-2019 chart. 1999-2017 chart from PDF with larger version of chart. 1999-2017 provisional chart. 2000-2016 ...
May 15, 2024 at 12:03 AM. U.S. drug overdose deaths dropped slightly in 2023, ... Overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids, mainly fentanyl, dropped slightly in 2023, from 76,226 to 74,702. ...
Overdose deaths spiked 30% between 2019 and 2020 and rose another 15% between 2020 and 2021, according to the CDC. “There were extraordinary increases in 2020 and 2021 that have started to ...
Drug overdose deaths topped 100,000 in a single year for the first time, with opioids responsible for the majority.
The opioid epidemic, also referred to as the opioid crisis, is the rapid increase in the overuse, misuse/abuse, and overdose deaths attributed either in part or in whole to the class of drugs called opiates/opioids since the 1990s. It includes the significant medical, social, psychological, demographic and economic consequences of the medical ...
It was the first year-over-year decline in overdose deaths since 2018. In Michigan, overdose deaths were also down 3% in 2023, marking the second straight year the state's overdose deaths dropped.