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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) provides data on drug overdose death rates and totals in the United States.
A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [1] Drug overdose and intoxication are significant causes of accidental death and can also be used as a form of suicide. Death can occur from overdosing on a single or multiple drugs, or from combined drug intoxication (CDI) due to poly drug use.
Drug overdose was the leading cause of injury death in 2013. Among people 25 to 64 years old, drug overdose caused more deaths than motor vehicle traffic crashes. There were 43,982 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2013. Of these, 22,767 (51.8%) were related to prescription drugs. [33]
This is the fewest overdose deaths in any 12-month period since June 2020, according to the CDC. ... The U.S. drug overdose death toll crossed the 100,000 mark for the first time in 2021 driven by ...
Drug overdose death rates rose by 30% in 2020, the first year of the Covid pandemic. The opioid epidemic continues to devastate the country.
In Palm Beach County, Florida, overdose deaths went from 149 in 2012 to 588 in 2016. [173] In Middletown, Ohio, overdose deaths quadrupled in the 15 years since 2000. [174] In British Columbia, 967 people died of an opiate overdose in 2016, and the Canadian Medical Association expected over 1,500 deaths in 2017. [175]
According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, opioid-related overdose deaths totaled 2,125 last year, down 9.8% from the state's all-time annual high of 2,357 in 2022.
As heroin use rose, so did overdose deaths. The statistics are overwhelming. In a study released this past fall examining 28 states, the CDC found that heroin deaths doubled between 2010 and 2012. The CDC reported recently that heroin-related overdose deaths jumped 39 percent nationwide between 2012 and 2013, surging to 8,257.