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US drug overdose death rates per 100,000 by state. 2021: Image title: Map of US drug overdose death rates per 100,000 population by state. 2021. National Center for Health Statistics. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Width: 100%: Height: 100%
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.
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]
In 2012, 16,000 prescriptions for methamphetamine were filled, approximately 1.2 million Americans reported using it in the past year, and 440,000 reported using the drug in the past month. [2] Until the 1980s, the methamphetamine market in the United States was dominated by outlaw motorcycle gangs, namely the Hells Angels.
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.
MMWR has its roots in the establishment of the Public Health Service (PHS). On January 3, 1896, the Public Health Service began publishing Public Health Reports.Morbidity and mortality statistics were published in Public Health Reports until January 20, 1950, when they were transferred to a new publication of the PHS National Office of Vital Statistics called the Weekly Morbidity Report.
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.
See file history below for latest upload date. Source: 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.