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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 ...
Rates of drug overdose deaths decreased in the United States for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to new federal data published early Thursday. The rate of overdose ...
The number of people who died as a result of drug overdoses declined by 3% across the nation last year, according to provisional data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
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 ...
[1] [79] From 1999 to 2008, overdose death rates, sales, and substance use disorder treatment admissions related to opioid pain relievers all increased substantially. [80] By 2015, there were more than 50,000 annual deaths from drug overdose, causing more deaths than either car accidents or guns. [81]
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 decreased slightly again in 2023 by 3 percent — but still, more than 100,000 people across the country died from an overdose, according to provisional CDC data.
Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2001–2021. NCHS Data Brief No. 457, December 2022. Scroll down to Figure 1. Right-click the image, and then click "Open link in new tab" to get the larger PNG image. 2001-2021 chart. Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. Cropped with freeware ...