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The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Over 1,106,000 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 to 2020. Over 932,000 from 1999 through 2020. Over 91,000 in 2020. 28 people out of every 100,000 died from drug overdoses in 2020 in the US. Opioids were involved in 70.6% (nearly 50,000) of the nearly 71,000 deaths in 2019.[2][3][4]
Around 109,200 people died in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2022, at a rate of 299 deaths per day.[5]
1968–2020 overdose death rates and totals
editThe numbers at the source for the table below are continually updated. So the numbers in the table below may be slightly different.[4]
Year | Deaths | Population (July 1 residents) |
Crude death rate per 100,000 | Age adjusted death rate per 100,000 |
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1968 | 5,033 | 199,533,564 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
1969 | 6,006 | 201,568,206 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1970 | 7,101 | 203,458,035 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1971 | 6,771 | 206,782,970 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
1972 | 6,622 | 209,237,411 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
1973 | 6,413 | 211,361,965 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1974 | 6,449 | 213,436,958 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1975 | 7,145 | 215,457,198 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1976 | 6,765 | 217,615,788 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
1977 | 6,130 | 219,808,632 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
1978 | 5,506 | 222,102,279 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
1979 | 2,544 | 224,635,398 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
1980 | 2,492 | 226,624,371 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
1981 | 2,668 | 229,487,512 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
1982 | 2,862 | 231,701,425 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
1983 | 2,866 | 233,781,743 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
1984 | 3,266 | 235,922,142 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1985 | 3,612 | 238,005,715 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
1986 | 4,187 | 240,189,882 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
1987 | 3,907 | 242,395,034 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
1988 | 4,865 | 244,651,961 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
1989 | 5,035 | 247,001,762 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
1990 | 4,506 | 248,922,111 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
1991 | 5,215 | 253,088,068 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
1992 | 5,951 | 256,606,463 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
1993 | 7,382 | 260,024,637 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1994 | 7,828 | 263,241,475 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1995 | 8,000 | 266,386,596 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1996 | 8,431 | 269,540,779 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
1997 | 9,099 | 272,776,678 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
1998 | 9,838 | 276,032,848 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1999 | 16,849 | 279,040,168 | 6.0 | 6.1 |
2000 | 17,415 | 281,421,906 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
2001 | 19,394 | 284,968,955 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
2002 | 23,518 | 287,625,193 | 8.2 | 8.2 |
2003 | 25,785 | 290,107,933 | 8.9 | 8.9 |
2004 | 27,424 | 292,805,298 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
2005 | 29,813 | 295,516,599 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
2006 | 34,425 | 298,379,912 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
2007 | 36,010 | 301,231,207 | 12.0 | 11.9 |
2008 | 36,450 | 304,093,966 | 12.0 | 11.9 |
2009 | 37,004 | 306,771,529 | 12.1 | 11.9 |
2010 | 38,329 | 308,745,538 | 12.4 | 12.3 |
2011 | 41,340 | 311,591,917 | 13.3 | 13.2 |
2012 | 41,502 | 313,914,040 | 13.2 | 13.1 |
2013 | 43,982 | 316,128,839 | 13.9 | 13.8 |
2014 | 47,055 | 318,857,056 | 14.8 | 14.7 |
2015 | 52,404 | 321,418,820 | 16.3 | 16.3 |
2016 | 63,632 | 323,127,513 | 19.7 | 19.8 |
2017 | 70,237 | 325,719,178 | 21.6 | 21.7 |
2018 | 67,367 | 327,167,434 | 20.6 | 20.7 |
2019 | 70,630 | 328,239,523 | 21.5 | 21.6 |
2020 | 91,799 | 329,484,123 | 27.9 | 28.3 |
Total | 1,106,859 |
Overdose death rates by state. Map and timeline
editSee: List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations.
State | 1999 | 2005 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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AK | 7.5 | 11.4 | 16.8 | 16 | 16.8 | 20.2 | 14.6 | 17.8 | 22 |
AL | 3.9 | 6.3 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 16.2 | 18 | 16.6 | 16.3 | 22.3 |
AR | 4.4 | 10.1 | 18.2 | 13.8 | 14 | 15.5 | 15.7 | 13.5 | 19.1 |
AZ | 10.6 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 19 | 20.3 | 22.2 | 23.8 | 26.8 | 35.8 |
CA | 8.1 | 9 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 15 | 21.8 |
CO | 8 | 12.7 | 16.3 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 18 | 24.9 |
CT | 9 | 8.5 | 17.6 | 22.1 | 27.4 | 30.9 | 30.7 | 34.7 | 39.1 |
DE | 6.4 | 7.5 | 20.9 | 22 | 30.8 | 37 | 43.8 | 48 | 47.3 |
FL | 6.4 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 16.2 | 23.7 | 25.1 | 22.8 | 25.5 | 35 |
GA | 3.5 | 8.2 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 18 |
HI | 6.5 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 15.9 | 18.3 |
IA | 1.9 | 4.8 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 14.3 |
ID | 5.3 | 8.1 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 15.2 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 15.9 |
IL | 6.7 | 8.4 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 18.9 | 21.6 | 21.3 | 21.9 | 28.1 |
IN | 3.2 | 9.8 | 18.2 | 19.5 | 24 | 29.4 | 25.6 | 26.6 | 36.7 |
KS | 3.4 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 14.3 | 17.4 |
KY | 4.9 | 15.3 | 24.7 | 29.9 | 33.5 | 37.2 | 30.9 | 32.5 | 49.2 |
LA | 4.3 | 14.7 | 16.9 | 19 | 21.8 | 24.5 | 25.4 | 28.3 | 42.7 |
MA | 7.5 | 12 | 19 | 25.7 | 33 | 31.8 | 32.8 | 32.1 | 33.9 |
MD | 11.4 | 11.4 | 17.4 | 20.9 | 33.2 | 36.3 | 37.2 | 38.2 | 44.6 |
ME | 5.3 | 12.4 | 16.8 | 21.2 | 28.7 | 34.4 | 27.9 | 29.9 | 39.7 |
MI | 4.6 | 9.8 | 18 | 20.4 | 24.4 | 27.8 | 26.6 | 24.4 | 28.6 |
MN | 2.8 | 5.4 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 14.2 | 19 |
MO | 5 | 10.7 | 18.2 | 17.9 | 23.6 | 23.4 | 27.5 | 26.9 | 32.1 |
MS | 3.2 | 8.8 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 13.6 | 21.1 |
MT | 4.6 | 10.1 | 12.4 | 13.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 14.1 | 15.6 |
NC | 4.6 | 11.4 | 13.8 | 15.8 | 19.7 | 24.1 | 22.4 | 22.3 | 30.9 |
ND | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 15.6 |
NE | 2.3 | 5 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 11.3 |
NH | 4.3 | 10.7 | 26.2 | 34.3 | 39 | 37 | 35.8 | 32 | 30.3 |
NJ | 6.5 | 9.4 | 14 | 16.3 | 23.2 | 30 | 33.1 | 31.7 | 32.1 |
NM | 15 | 20.1 | 27.3 | 25.3 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 26.7 | 30.2 | 39 |
NV | 11.5 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 20.4 | 21.7 | 21.6 | 21.2 | 20.1 | 26 |
NY | 5 | 4.8 | 11.3 | 13.6 | 18 | 19.4 | 18.4 | 18.2 | 25.4 |
OH | 4.2 | 10.9 | 24.6 | 29.9 | 39.1 | 46.3 | 35.9 | 38.3 | 47.2 |
OK | 5.4 | 13.8 | 20.3 | 19 | 21.5 | 20.1 | 18.4 | 16.7 | 19.4 |
OR | 6.1 | 10.4 | 12.8 | 12 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 14 | 18.7 |
PA | 8.1 | 13.2 | 21.9 | 26.3 | 37.9 | 44.3 | 36.1 | 35.6 | 42.4 |
RI | 5.5 | 14.3 | 23.4 | 28.2 | 30.8 | 31 | 30.1 | 29.5 | 38.2 |
SC | 3.7 | 9.9 | 14.4 | 15.7 | 18.1 | 20.5 | 22.6 | 22.7 | 34.9 |
SD | 0 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 10.5 | 10.3 |
TN | 6.1 | 14.5 | 19.5 | 22.2 | 24.5 | 26.6 | 27.5 | 31.2 | 45.6 |
TX | 5.4 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 14.1 |
UT | 10.6 | 19.3 | 22.4 | 23.4 | 22.4 | 22.3 | 21.2 | 18.9 | 20.5 |
VA | 5 | 7.5 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 17.1 | 18.3 | 26.6 |
VT | 4.7 | 8.5 | 13.9 | 16.7 | 22.2 | 23.2 | 26.6 | 23.8 | 32.9 |
WA | 9.3 | 13 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 15.8 | 22 |
WI | 4 | 9.3 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 19.3 | 21.2 | 19.2 | 21.1 | 27.7 |
WV | 4.1 | 10.5 | 35.5 | 41.5 | 52 | 57.8 | 51.5 | 52.8 | 81.4 |
WY | 4.1 | 4.9 | 19.4 | 16.4 | 17.6 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 14.1 | 17.4 |
Overdose death counts by state over time
editOverall US totals by year, followed by breakdown by state by year.[2]
States | 1999 | 2005 | 2014 | 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths | 16,801 | 29,736 | 46,959 | 52,279 |
States | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths | 63,363 | 69,927 | 67,113 | 70,319 | 91,375 |
See: List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations.
State | 1999 | 2005 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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AK | 46 | 79 | 124 | 122 | 128 | 147 | 110 | 132 | 160 |
AL | 169 | 283 | 723 | 736 | 756 | 835 | 775 | 768 | 1029 |
AR | 113 | 269 | 1211 | 392 | 401 | 446 | 444 | 388 | 546 |
AZ | 511 | 794 | 356 | 1274 | 1382 | 1532 | 1670 | 1907 | 2550 |
CA | 2662 | 3214 | 4521 | 4659 | 4654 | 4868 | 5348 | 6198 | 8908 |
CO | 349 | 608 | 899 | 869 | 942 | 1015 | 995 | 1079 | 1492 |
CT | 310 | 295 | 623 | 800 | 971 | 1072 | 1069 | 1214 | 1371 |
DE | 50 | 62 | 189 | 198 | 282 | 338 | 401 | 435 | 444 |
FL | 997 | 2371 | 2634 | 3228 | 4728 | 5088 | 4698 | 5268 | 7231 |
GA | 283 | 738 | 1206 | 1302 | 1394 | 1537 | 1404 | 1408 | 1916 |
HI | 80 | 126 | 157 | 169 | 191 | 203 | 213 | 242 | 274 |
IA | 53 | 141 | 264 | 309 | 314 | 341 | 287 | 352 | 432 |
ID | 64 | 109 | 212 | 218 | 243 | 236 | 250 | 265 | 287 |
IL | 825 | 1067 | 1705 | 1835 | 2411 | 2778 | 2722 | 2790 | 3549 |
IN | 191 | 610 | 1172 | 1245 | 1526 | 1852 | 1629 | 1699 | 2321 |
KS | 89 | 241 | 332 | 329 | 313 | 333 | 345 | 403 | 490 |
KY | 197 | 638 | 1077 | 1273 | 1419 | 1566 | 1315 | 1380 | 2083 |
LA | 188 | 661 | 777 | 861 | 996 | 1108 | 1140 | 1267 | 1896 |
MA | 488 | 780 | 1289 | 1724 | 2227 | 2168 | 2241 | 2210 | 2302 |
MD | 629 | 656 | 1070 | 1285 | 2044 | 2247 | 2324 | 2369 | 2771 |
ME | 67 | 163 | 216 | 269 | 353 | 424 | 345 | 371 | 496 |
MI | 460 | 985 | 1762 | 1980 | 2347 | 2694 | 2591 | 2385 | 2759 |
MN | 136 | 282 | 517 | 581 | 672 | 733 | 636 | 792 | 1050 |
MO | 276 | 608 | 1067 | 1066 | 1371 | 1367 | 1610 | 1583 | 1875 |
MS | 87 | 248 | 336 | 351 | 352 | 354 | 310 | 394 | 586 |
MT | 41 | 96 | 125 | 138 | 119 | 119 | 125 | 143 | 162 |
NC | 366 | 1000 | 1358 | 1567 | 1956 | 2414 | 2259 | 2266 | 3146 |
ND | 12 | 12 | 43 | 61 | 77 | 68 | 70 | 82 | 114 |
NE | 39 | 86 | 125 | 126 | 120 | 152 | 138 | 161 | 214 |
NH | 54 | 142 | 334 | 422 | 481 | 467 | 452 | 407 | 393 |
NJ | 557 | 823 | 1253 | 1454 | 2056 | 2685 | 2900 | 2805 | 2840 |
NM | 266 | 373 | 547 | 501 | 500 | 493 | 537 | 599 | 784 |
NV | 227 | 457 | 545 | 619 | 665 | 676 | 688 | 647 | 832 |
NY | 959 | 944 | 2300 | 2754 | 3638 | 3921 | 3697 | 3617 | 4965 |
OH | 467 | 1243 | 2744 | 3310 | 4329 | 5111 | 3980 | 4251 | 5204 |
OK | 178 | 478 | 777 | 725 | 813 | 775 | 716 | 645 | 762 |
OR | 210 | 386 | 522 | 505 | 506 | 530 | 547 | 615 | 803 |
PA | 990 | 1613 | 2732 | 3264 | 4627 | 5388 | 4415 | 4377 | 5168 |
RI | 58 | 156 | 247 | 310 | 326 | 320 | 317 | 307 | 397 |
SC | 147 | 427 | 701 | 761 | 879 | 1008 | 1125 | 1127 | 1739 |
SD | 17 | 40 | 63 | 65 | 69 | 73 | 57 | 86 | 83 |
TN | 344 | 872 | 1269 | 1457 | 1630 | 1776 | 1823 | 2089 | 3034 |
TX | 1087 | 1910 | 2601 | 2588 | 2831 | 2989 | 3005 | 3136 | 4172 |
UT | 205 | 438 | 603 | 646 | 635 | 650 | 624 | 571 | 622 |
VA | 366 | 581 | 980 | 1039 | 1405 | 1507 | 1448 | 1547 | 2240 |
VT | 29 | 53 | 83 | 99 | 125 | 134 | 153 | 133 | 190 |
WA | 555 | 850 | 979 | 1094 | 1102 | 1169 | 1164 | 1259 | 1733 |
WI | 212 | 518 | 853 | 878 | 1074 | 1177 | 1079 | 1201 | 1531 |
WV | 75 | 184 | 627 | 725 | 884 | 974 | 856 | 870 | 1330 |
WY | 20 | 26 | 109 | 96 | 99 | 69 | 66 | 79 | 99 |
Overdose death rates and totals by drug
editConcerning the data in the charts below (in this section and the following sections) deaths from the various drugs add up to more than the yearly overdose death total because multiple drugs are involved in many of the deaths.[6]
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U.S. yearly overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines.[6]
Opioid overdose death rates and totals
editOf the 70,200 overdose deaths in the US in 2017, opioids were involved in 47,600.[6] This is an increase from 2016 where over 64,000 died from drug overdose, and opioids were involved in over 42,000.[7] In 2017, the five states with the highest rates of death due to drug overdose were West Virginia (57.8 per 100,000), Ohio (46.3 per 100,000), Pennsylvania (44.3 per 100,000), Kentucky (37.2 per 100,000), and New Hampshire (37.0 per 100,000).[3]
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US yearly deaths from all opioid drugs. Included in this number are opioid analgesics, along with heroin and illicit synthetic opioids.[6]
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US yearly deaths involving prescription opioids. Non-methadone synthetics is a category dominated by illegally acquired fentanyl, and has been excluded.[6]
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US yearly overdose deaths involving heroin.[6]
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The top line represents the yearly number of benzodiazepine deaths that involved opioids in the US. The bottom line represents benzodiazepine deaths that did not involve opioids.[6]
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Opioid involvement in cocaine overdose deaths.[6]
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Drug overdose deaths involving antidepressants, by opioid involvement.[6]
Overdose death rates by race and ethnicity
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Fentanyl. Image 4 of 17. US DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration).
- ^ a b c d e Drug Overdose Mortality by State. Pick year from menu below map. From National Center for Health Statistics for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The numbers are in the data table below the map, and by running your cursor over the map at the source. CSV data link below table.
- ^ a b c Drug Overdose Deaths. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Click on a map year. The data table is below the map. Number of deaths for each state, and the age-adjusted rates of death for each state. Also, place cursor on map states to get data.
- ^ a b c Data is from these saved tables from CDC Wonder at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. The tables have totals, rates, and US populations per year. The numbers are continually updated: "This dataset has been updated since this request was saved, which could lead to differences in results." So the numbers in the table at the source may be slightly different.
- 1968-1978 data: Compressed Mortality File 1968-1978. CDC WONDER Online Database, compiled from Compressed Mortality File CMF 1968-1988, Series 20, No. 2A, 2000. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd8.html
- 1979-1998 data: Compressed Mortality File 1979-1998. CDC WONDER On-line Database, compiled from Compressed Mortality File CMF 1968-1988, Series 20, No. 2A, 2000 and CMF 1989-1998, Series 20, No. 2E, 2003. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd9.html
- 1999-2020 data: Multiple Cause of Death, 1999-2020 Results. CDC WONDER Online Database. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2020, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd-icd10.html
- ^ Products - Vital Statistics Rapid Release - Provisional Drug Overdose Data. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hover cursor over the end of the graph in Figure 1A to get the latest number. Scroll down the page and click on the dropdown data table called "Data Table for Figure 1a. 12 Month-ending Provisional Counts of Drug Overdose Deaths". The number used is the "predicted value" for the 12 month period that is ending at the end of that month. That number changes as more info comes in. If there are problems use a different browser.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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.
- ^ National Center for Health Statistics. "Provisional Counts of Drug Overdose Deaths, as of 8/6/2017" (PDF). United States: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Source lists US totals for 2015 and 2016 and statistics by state.
- ^ Opioid Data Analysis and Resources. Drug Overdose. CDC Injury Center. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Click on "Rising Rates" tab for a graph. See the data table below the graph.
- ^ NCHS Data Visualization Gallery - Drug Poisoning Mortality. From National Center for Health Statistics. Open the dashboard dropdown menu and pick "U.S. Trends". From the menus on the right pick all races, all ages, and both sexes. Run your cursor over the graph to see the data.
Further reading
edit- Opioid Overdose Deaths by Race/Ethnicity. Kaiser Family Foundation.
- Opioid Overdose Deaths by Type of Opioid. Kaiser Family Foundation.
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