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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georg ...
has data on
drug overdose A drug overdose (overdose or OD) is the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities much greater than are recommended.
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. Around 108,900 people died in 2021. Opioids were involved in 70.6% (nearly 50,000) of the nearly 71,000 deaths in 2019.Drug Overdose Mortality by State
Pick year from menu below map. From
National Center for Health Statistics The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is a U.S. government agency that provides statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the public health of the American people. It is a unit of the Centers for Disease Control ...
for the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georg ...
. 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.Drug Overdose Deaths
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georg ...
, 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.
Data is from these saved tables from CDC Wonder at the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georg ...
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National Center for Health Statistics The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is a U.S. government agency that provides statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the public health of the American people. It is a unit of the Centers for Disease Control ...
. 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
Around 107,600 people died in the 12-month period ending June 30, 2022, at a rate of 295 deaths per day.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georg ...
. 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.


1968–2020 overdose death rates and totals

The numbers at the source for the table below are continually updated. So the numbers in the table below may be slightly different.


Overdose death rates by state. Map and timeline

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List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations Several sets of codes and abbreviations are used to represent the political divisions of the United States for postal addresses, data processing, general abbreviations, and other purposes. Table This table includes abbreviations for three inde ...
. Asterisk (*) indicates ''Health in STATE'' link in table below.


Overdose death counts by state over time

Overall US totals by year, followed by breakdown by state by year.


Overdose death rates and totals by drug

Concerning 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. File:US timeline. Benzodiazepine deaths.jpg, U.S. yearly overdose deaths involving
benzodiazepines Benzodiazepines (BZD, BDZ, BZs), sometimes called "benzos", are a class of depressant drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring. They are prescribed to treat conditions such as anxiety disorders, ...
. File:US timeline. Cocaine deaths.jpg, U.S. yearly overdose deaths involving
cocaine Cocaine (from , from , ultimately from Quechua: ''kúka'') is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant mainly used recreationally for its euphoric effects. It is primarily obtained from the leaves of two Coca species native to South Am ...
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Opioid overdose death rates and totals

Of the 70,200 overdose deaths in the US in 2017,
opioids Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects. Medically they are primarily used for pain relief, including anesthesia. Other medical uses include suppression of diarrhea, replacement therapy for opioid u ...
were involved in 47,600. This is an increase from 2016 where over 64,000 died from drug overdose, and opioids were involved in over 42,000. Source lists US totals for 2015 and 2016 and statistics by state. In 2017, the five states with the highest rates of death due to drug overdose were
West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...
(57.8 per 100,000),
Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
(46.3 per 100,000),
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
(44.3 per 100,000),
Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
(37.2 per 100,000), and
New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
(37.0 per 100,000). File:US timeline. Opioid deaths.jpg, US yearly deaths from all opioid drugs. Included in this number are opioid analgesics, along with
heroin Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a potent opioid mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medical grade diamorphine is used as a pure hydrochloride salt. Various white and bro ...
and illicit
synthetic opioids Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects. Medically they are primarily used for pain relief, including anesthesia. Other medical uses include suppression of diarrhea, replacement therapy for opioid use ...
. File:US timeline. Deaths involving other synthetic opioids, predominately Fentanyl.jpg, US yearly deaths involving other
synthetic opioids Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects. Medically they are primarily used for pain relief, including anesthesia. Other medical uses include suppression of diarrhea, replacement therapy for opioid use ...
, predominately
Fentanyl Fentanyl, also spelled fentanil, is a very potent synthetic opioid used as a pain medication. Together with other drugs, fentanyl is used for anesthesia. It is also used illicitly as a recreational drug, sometimes mixed with heroin, cocain ...
. File:US timeline. Prescription opioid pain reliever deaths.jpg, US yearly deaths involving prescription opioids. Non-methadone synthetics is a category dominated by illegally acquired
fentanyl Fentanyl, also spelled fentanil, is a very potent synthetic opioid used as a pain medication. Together with other drugs, fentanyl is used for anesthesia. It is also used illicitly as a recreational drug, sometimes mixed with heroin, cocain ...
, and has been excluded. File:US timeline. Heroin deaths.jpg, US yearly overdose deaths involving heroin. File:US timeline. Opioid involvement in benzodiazepine overdose.jpg, 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. File:US timeline. Opioid involvement in cocaine overdose.jpg, Opioid involvement in cocaine overdose deaths. File:US timeline. Drug overdose deaths involving antidepressants, by opioid involvement.jpg, Drug overdose deaths involving antidepressants, by opioid involvement.


Overdose death rates by race and ethnicity


See also

* List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication *
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Alcohol intoxication Alcohol intoxication, also known as alcohol poisoning, commonly described as drunkenness or inebriation, is the negative behavior and physical effects caused by a recent consumption of alcohol. In addition to the toxicity of ethanol, the main ...
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Diseases of despair The diseases of despair are three classes of behavior-related medical conditions that increase in groups of people who experience despair due to a sense that their long-term social and economic prospects are bleak. The three disease types are dr ...
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Drug interactions Drug interactions occur when a drug's mechanism of action is disturbed by the concomitant administration of substances such as foods, beverages, or other drugs. The cause is often the inhibition of the specific receptors available to the drug, ...
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Responsible drug use Responsible drug use maximizes the benefits and reduces the risk of negative impact psychoactive drugs cause on the lives of the user. For illegal psychoactive drugs that are not diverted prescription controlled substances, some critics believe tha ...
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References


Further reading


Opioid Overdose Deaths by Race/Ethnicity
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Opioid Overdose Deaths by Type of Opioid
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