Drug overdose deaths in 28 states and the District of Columbia : 2020 data from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
• Description:
  Key findings:
  
  • In 2020, 38,048 drug overdose deaths were reported from 28 states and DC for an age-adjusted rate of 30.6 per 100,000 people
  
  • 70% of drug overdose deaths involved illicitly manufactured fentanyls (IMFs)
  
  • The rate of drug overdose deaths was highest among American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic and Black, non-Hispanic persons
  
  • Two-thirds of decedents had at least one potential opportunity for linkage to care or implementation of a life-saving action prior to death
  
  In the United States, 91,799 drug overdose deaths occurred in 2020, a 30% increase from 2019, and provisional estimates suggest continued increases in 2021.1,2 Recent increases in drug overdose deaths have been largely driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF),3,4,5 but deaths involving stimulants, such as cocaine and methamphetamine, are also on the rise.3,4,6 This report uses data from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS), which complements information available from other systems, to describe the drugs involved in and circumstances surrounding drug overdose deaths of unintentional or undetermined intent to help inform overdose prevention and response efforts.
  
  Suggested citation: Mattson CL, Kumar S, Tanz LJ, Patel P, Luo Q, Davis NL. Drug Overdose Deaths in 28 States and the District of Columbia: 2020 data from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS). SUDORS Data Brief, No 1. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2022.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Key Findings -- Introduction -- Data Source and Methods -- Results -- Key Takeaways -- Definitions and Technical Notes -- About the Authors -- Suggested Citation -- Acknowledgements -- For more information -- Footnotes -- References -- Appendix .
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid/poisoning Drug Overdose/epidemiology Drug Overdose/mortality Humans Opiate Overdose Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  SUDORS data brief ; no. 1, June 2022
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) ; District of Columbia ; United States ; State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) ; District of Columbia ; United States
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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