In 2023, around 72,776 people in the United States died from a drug overdose that involved fentanyl. This was the second-highest number of fentanyl overdose deaths ever recorded in the United States, and a significant increase from the number of deaths reported in 2019. Fentanyl overdoses are now the driving force behind the opioid epidemic, accounting for the majority of overdose deaths in the United States. What is fentanyl? Fentanyl is an extremely potent synthetic opioid similar to morphine, but more powerful. It is a prescription drug but is also manufactured illegally and is sometimes mixed with other illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine, often without the user’s knowledge. The potency of fentanyl makes it very addictive and puts users at a high risk for overdose. Illegally manufactured fentanyl has become more prevalent in the United States in recent years, leading to a huge increase in drug overdose deaths. In 2022, the rate of drug overdose death involving fentanyl was 22.7 per 100,000 population, compared to a rate of just one per 100,000 population in the year 2013. Fentanyl overdoses by gender and race/ethnicity As of 2022, the rate of drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl in the United States is over two times higher among men than women. Rates of overdose death involving fentanyl were low for both men and women until around the year 2014 when they began to quickly increase, especially for men. In 2022, there were around 19,880 drug overdose deaths among women that involved fentanyl compared to 53,958 such deaths among men. At that time, the rate of fentanyl overdose deaths was highest among non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Natives and lowest among non-Hispanic Asians. However, from the years 2014 to 2018, non-Hispanic whites had the highest fentanyl overdose death rates.

Data on drug overdose death rates, by drug type and selected population characteristics. Please refer to the PDF or Excel version of this table in the HUS 2019 Data Finder (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/contents2019.htm) for critical information about measures, definitions, and changes over time. SOURCE: NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, numerator data from annual public-use Mortality Files; denominator data from U.S. Census Bureau national population estimates; and Murphy SL, Xu JQ, Kochanek KD, Arias E, Tejada-Vera B. Deaths: Final data for 2018. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 69 no 13. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.2021. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/nvsr.htm. For more information on the National Vital Statistics System, see the corresponding Appendix entry at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus19-appendix-508.pdf.

In 2022, around ****** people died from opioid overdoses in the United States. This statistic presents the number of opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. from 1999 to 2022.

From 1999 to 2022, the number of drug overdose deaths among U.S. females increased from ***** in 1999 to ****** in 2022. Globally, drug use is a general problem. As of 2021, there were an estimated *** million global drug consumers and **** million drug addicts. Opioid use in the United States Among many demographics, drug overdose deaths continue to rise in the United States. Opioids are the most commonly reported substance in drug-related deaths. The number of drug-related deaths in the U.S. due to opioids has dramatically increased since the early 2000s. In 2017, then-President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over the opioid crisis in the United States. Since then, there have been joint efforts among various governmental departments to address the opioid crisis through education and outreach. Substance use treatment Substance abuse treatment is vital in reducing the number of drug overdose deaths in the United States. As of 2020, the state of California had the largest number of substance abuse treatment facilities . However, many states in the U.S. have less than 100 substance abuse treatment facilities.

A. SUMMARY This dataset includes unintentional drug overdose death rates by race/ethnicity by year. This dataset is created using data from the California Electronic Death Registration System (CA-EDRS) via the Vital Records Business Intelligence System (VRBIS). Substance-related deaths are identified by reviewing the cause of death. Deaths caused by opioids, methamphetamine, and cocaine are included. Homicides and suicides are excluded. Ethnic and racial groups with fewer than 10 events are not tallied separately for privacy reasons but are included in the “all races” total.

Unintentional drug overdose death rates are calculated by dividing the total number of overdose deaths by race/ethnicity by the total population size for that demographic group and year and then multiplying by 100,000. The total population size is based on estimates from the US Census Bureau County Population Characteristics for San Francisco, 2022 Vintage by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin.

These data differ from the data shared in the Preliminary Unintentional Drug Overdose Death by Year dataset since this dataset uses finalized counts of overdose deaths associated with cocaine, methamphetamine, and opioids only.

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED This dataset is created by copying data from the Annual Substance Use Trends in San Francisco report from the San Francisco Department of Public Health Center on Substance Use and Health.

C. UPDATE PROCESS This dataset will be updated annually, typically at the end of the year.

D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET N/A

E. RELATED DATASETS Overdose-Related 911 Responses by Emergency Medical Services Preliminary Unintentional Drug Overdose Deaths San Francisco Department of Public Health Substance Use Services

F. CHANGE LOG

• 12/16/2024 - Updated with 2023 data. Asian/Pacific Islander race/ethnicity group was changed to Asian.
• 12/16/2024 - Past year totals by race/ethnicity were revised after obtaining accurate race/ethnicity for some decedents that were previously marked as “unknown” race/ethnicity.

In 2022, the death rate from opioid overdose was ** per 100,000 population. Opioids are the main driver of overdose deaths in the United States. This statistic presents the death rate from opioid overdose in the U.S. from 1999 to 2022, per 100,000 population.

West Virginia is currently the state with the highest drug overdose death rate in the United States, with ** deaths per 100,000 population in 2022. Although West Virginia had the highest drug overdose death rate at that time, California was the state where the most people died from drug overdose. In 2022, around ****** people in California died from a drug overdose. The main perpetrator Opioids account for the majority of all drug overdose deaths in the United States. Opioids include illegal drugs such as heroin, legal prescription drugs like oxycodone, and illicitly manufactured synthetic drugs like fentanyl. The abuse of opioids has increased in recent years, leading to an increased number of drug overdose deaths. The death rate from heroin overdose hit an all-time high of *** per 100,000 population in 2016 and 2017, but has decreased in recent years. Now, illicitly manufactured synthetic opioids such as fentanyl account for the majority of opioid overdose deaths in the United States. Opioid epidemic The sharp rise in overdose deaths from opioids have led many to declare the United States is currently experiencing an opioid epidemic or opioid crisis. The causes of this epidemic are complicated but involve a combination of a rise in dispensed prescriptions, irresponsible marketing from pharmaceutical companies, a lack of physician-patient communication, increased social acceptance of prescription drugs, and an increased supply of cheap and potent heroin on the streets.

The graph illustrates the number of deaths from fentanyl in the United States from 1999 to 2022. The x-axis represents the years, spanning from '99 to '22, while the y-axis displays the annual number of fentanyl-related fatalities. Over this 24-year period, deaths rise dramatically from 730 in 1999 to a peak of 73,838 in 2022. Notable milestones include an increase to 1,742 deaths in 2005, a significant jump to 9,580 in 2015, and a sharp escalation to 70,601 deaths by 2021. The data reveals a consistent and severe upward trend in fentanyl-related deaths, particularly accelerating in the mid-2010s. This information is presented in a line graph format, effectively highlighting the dramatic increase in fatalities due to fentanyl across the United States over the specified years.

Data come from Minnesota death certificates, with cause and manner of death information provided by a medical examiner or coroner. A drug overdose death is defined as having an underlying cause of death within the following range of ICD-10 codes: X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, Y10-Y14. Note that an opioid-involved death may also be counted as a cocaine-involved death if both drugs were listed on the death certificate as contributory causes. The seven non-exclusive categories of drug overdose deaths are defined as having a contributory cause of death: All opioid-involved deaths, Prescription opioids, Synthetic opioids, Heroin, Cocaine, Benzodiazepines, and Psychostimulants with abuse potential (includes methamphetamine).

This indicator includes unintentional overdoses, homicides, and suicides from drug overdose. Death rate has been age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. ICD-10 codes used to identify drug overdose related deaths are X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, and Y10-Y14.Drug overdose deaths have increased dramatically in the US over the past two decades. The first wave of deaths in the 1990s largely involved prescription opioids and was a consequence of increased prescribing of these drugs by medical providers. In the second wave that began in 2010, there was a rapid increase in the number of deaths involving heroin and, in the current wave that started in 2013, there has been a rise in the number of overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids, particularly illicitly manufactured fentanyl, which can be found in combination with heroin, counterfeit pills, cocaine, and other drugs. In Los Angeles County in recent years, the vast majority of all drug overdose deaths have involved fentanyl. Important inequities have been noted by sociodemographic characteristics, with low-income and Black individuals found to have the highest overdose death rates. Cities and communities can take an active role in preventing overdose deaths by promoting primary prevention and supporting evidence-based harm reduction and treatment strategies.For more information about the Community Health Profiles Data Initiative, please see the initiative homepage.

VSRR Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts

  Description

This data presents provisional counts for drug overdose deaths based on a current flow of mortality data in the National Vital Statistics System. Counts for the most recent final annual data are provided for comparison. National provisional counts include deaths occurring within the 50 states and the District of Columbia as of the date specified and may not include all deaths that occurred during a given time period.… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/HHS-Official/vsrr-provisional-drug-overdose-death-counts.

In 2022, those aged between 35 and 44 years had the highest number of drug overdose deaths in the United States, with 27,583 deaths. Opioids are the main driver of overdose deaths in the United States. This statistic presents the number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. from 2013 to 2022, by age group.

The graph displays the number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. from 2003 to 2023, with the x-axis representing the years and the y-axis showing the total overdose deaths each year. The data reveals a steady increase in deaths from 25,785 in 2003 to over 107,000 in 2022, highlighting the growing severity of the overdose crisis. The highest number of deaths occurred in 2022 (107,941), while 2023 saw a slight decrease to 105,007 deaths. A sharp rise is observed between 2015 and 2021, coinciding with the opioid epidemic and increased fentanyl-related overdoses. The data underscores the urgent need for stronger prevention and intervention efforts.

Analysis of ‘💉 Opioid Overdose Deaths’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/yamqwe/opioid-overdose-deathse on 13 February 2022.

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About this dataset

Opioid addiction and death rates in the U.S. and abroad have reached "epidemic" levels. The CDC's data reflects the incredible spike in overdoses caused by drugs containing opioids.

The United States is experiencing an epidemic of drug overdose (poisoning) deaths. Since 2000, the rate of deaths from drug overdoses has increased 137%, including a 200% increase in the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids (opioid pain relievers and heroin). Source: CDC

In-the-News:

• STAT: 26 overdoses in just hours: Inside a community on the front lines of the opioid epidemic
• NPR: Organ Donations Spike In The Wake Of The Opioid Epidemic, Deadly Opioid Overwhelms First Responders And Crime Labs in Ohio
• Scientific American: Wave of Overdoses with Little-Known Drug Raises Alarm Amid Opioid Crisis
• Washington Post: A 7-year-old told her bus driver she couldn’t wake her parents. Police found them dead at home.
• Wall Street Journal: For Small-Town Cops, Opioid Scourge Hits Close to Home
• Food & Drug Administration: FDA launches competition to spur innovative technologies to help reduce opioid overdose deaths

This data was compiled using the CDC's WONDER database. Opioid overdose deaths are defined as: deaths in which the underlying cause was drug overdose, and the ICD-10 code used was any of the following: T40.0 (Opium), T40.1 (Heroin), T40.2 (Other opioids), T40.3 (Methadone), T40.4 (Other synthetic narcotics), T40.6 (Other and unspecified narcotics).

Age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths and drug overdose deaths involving opioids
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Source: CDC

What are opioids?
Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects. Opioids are most often used medically to relieve pain. Opioids include opiates, an older term that refers to such drugs derived from opium, including morphine itself. Other opioids are semi-synthetic and synthetic drugs such as hydrocodone, oxycodone and fentanyl; antagonist drugs such as naloxone and endogenous peptides such as the endorphins.[4] The terms opiate and narcotic are sometimes encountered as synonyms for opioid. Source: Wikipedia

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Footnotes

• The crude rate is per 100,000.
• Certain totals are hidden due to suppression constraints. More Information: http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/faq.html#Privacy.
• The population figures are briged-race estimates. The exceptions being years 2000 and 2010, in which Census counts are used.
• v1.1: Added Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed by US Retailers in that year (millions).

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2014 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2015. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2014, 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 on Oct 19, 2016 2:06:38 PM.

Citation for Opioid Prescription Data: IMS Health, Vector One: National, years 1991-1996, Data Extracted 2011. IMS Health, National Prescription Audit, years 1997-2013, Data Extracted 2014. Accessed at NIDA article linked (Figure 1) on Oct 23, 2016.

Data Use Restrictions:
The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m(d)) provides that the data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) may be used only for the purpose for which they were obtained; any effort to determine the identity of any reported cases, or to use the information for any purpose other than for health statistical reporting and analysis, is against the law. Therefore users will:
Use these data for health statistical reporting and analysis only.
For sub-national geography, do not present or publish death counts of 9 or fewer or death rates based on counts of nine or fewer (in figures, graphs, maps, tables, etc.).
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This dataset was created by Health and contains around 800 samples along with Crude Rate, Crude Rate Lower 95% Confidence Interval, technical information and other features such as: - Year - Deaths - and more.

How to use this dataset

• Analyze Crude Rate Upper 95% Confidence Interval in relation to Prescriptions Dispensed By Us Retailers In That Year (millions)
• Study the influence of State on Crude Rate
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In 2022, the age-adjusted drug overdose death rate in the United States was **** per 100,000 population. Opioids are the main driver of overdose deaths in the United States. This statistic presents the age-adjusted drug overdose death rate in the U.S. from 1999 to 2022, per 100,000 population.

DQS Drug overdose death rates, by drug type, sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin: United States from CDC WONDER

  Description

Data on drug overdose death rates in the United States, by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, and drug type. Data are from Health, United States. SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality File. Search, visualize, and download these and other estimates from over 120 health topics with the NCHS Data Query… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/HHS-Official/dqs-drug-overdose-death-rates-by-drug-type-sex-age.

In 2022, an estimated ****** white, non-Hispanic persons in the United States died from a drug overdose. Opioids are the main driver of overdose deaths in the United States. This statistic presents the number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. from 2013 to 2022, by race/ethnicity.

Title: Drug Overdose Deaths, Ages 15 to 34, Small Areas by Year, 1999 to 2011 - OD1534SAYR

Summary: Number of deaths and rates of deaths per 100,000 for persons age 15 to 34 due to Drug Overdose over the 13 years period; with person year and mean annual populations, for each year, for the total populations in each of 109 NM Small Area geographies. Includes trends in the death rates comparing 1999-2003 to 2007-2011 based on 68.2% confidence intervals (+/- 1 standard deviation).

Prepared by: T Scharmen, thomas.scharmen@state,nm.us

Includes ICD-10: X40-X44.9, X60-X64.9, X85-X85.9, Y10-Y14.9

Intentional and UN-intentional drug overdose deaths

ICD-10 list: http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en#/X40

Data Sources: New Mexico Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, New Mexico Department of Health; Population Estimates: University of New Mexico, Geospatial and Population Studies (GPS) Program, http://bber.unm.edu/bber_research_demPop.html. Retrieved Wed, 22 August 2014 from New Mexico Department of Health, Indicator-Based Information System for Public Health Web site: http://ibis.health.state.nm.us

See Also NM Substance Abuse Epidemiology Report

https://ibis.health.state.nm.us/phom/Introduction.html

Shapefile:

Feature: http://nmcdc.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=ac726182c7574e64a3f5c68ecd814b58

Master File:

NM Data Variable Definition

999 SANo NM Small Area Number

NEW MEXICO SAName NM Small Area Name

67 D1999 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 1999

72 D2000 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2000

58 D2001 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2001

72 D2002 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2002

95 D2003 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2003

364 D9903 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 1999-2003

73 D2004 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2004

85 D2005 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2005

110 D2006 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2006

121 D2007 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2007

160 D2008 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2008

134 D2009 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2009

155 D2010 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2010

152 D2011 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2011

722 D0711 Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2007-2011

1484 D13YR Number of Drug Overdose Deaths, 1999-2011

500503 P1999 Population, Person-Years, 1999

503133 P2000 Population, Person-Years, 2000

508743 P2001 Population, Person-Years, 2001

514385 P2002 Population, Person-Years, 2002

520015 P2003 Population, Person-Years, 2003

2546779 P9903 Population, Person-Years, 1999-2003

509355.8 MAP9903 Mean Annual Population, Person-Years, 1999-2003

525660 P2004 Population, Person-Years, 2004

531294 P2005 Population, Person-Years, 2005

536930 P2006 Population, Person-Years, 2006

542573 P2007 Population, Person-Years, 2007

548210 P2008 Population, Person-Years, 2008

553846 P2009 Population, Person-Years, 2009

560941 P2010 Population, Person-Years, 2010

560779 P2011 Population, Person-Years, 2011

2766347 P0711 Population, Person-Years, 2007-2011

553269.4 MAP0711 Mean Annual Population, Person-Years, 2007-2011

6907010 P13YR Population, Person-Years, 1999-2011

531308.4615 MAP13YR Mean Annual Population, Person-Years, 1999-2011

13.4 R1999 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 1999

14.3 R2000 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2000

11.4 R2001 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2001

14 R2002 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2002

18.3 R2003 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2003

14.3 R9903 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 1999-2003

12.8 CIL9903 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 1999-2003, 95% Confidence Interval Lower Limit

15.8 CIU9903 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 1999-2003, 95% Confidence Interval Upper Limit

13.9 R2004 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2004

16 R2005 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2005

20.5 R2006 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2006

22.3 R2007 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2007

29.2 R2008 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2008

24.2 R2009 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2009

27.6 R2010 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2010

27.1 R2011 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2011

26.1 R0711 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2007-2011

24.2 CIL0711 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2007-2011, 95% Confidence Interval Lower Limit

28 CIU0711 Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 2007-2011, 95% Confidence Interval Upper Limit

21.5 R13YR Rate per 100,000 of Drug Overdose Deaths, 1999-2011

11.8 TrendDiff Difference in Drug Overdose Death Rate, 2007-2011 minus 1999-2003

INCREASE TrendSig Trend in Drug Overdose Death Rate Significance, 1999-2003 to.2007-2011

In 2022, around 6,606 people aged 15 to 24 years died from a drug overdose. Opioids, primarily prescription pain relievers and heroin, are the main driver of overdose deaths. This statistic presents the number of drug overdose deaths among those aged 15 to 24 years in the U.S. from 1999 to 2022.

In 2022, approximately *** people died from a heroin overdose per 100,000 people, a decrease from a rate of *** in 2020. This statistic shows the death rate from heroin overdose in the U.S. from 1999 to 2022, in deaths per 100,000 people.