Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2002-2022

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• Personal Author:
  Spencer, Merianne R. ; Garnett, Matthew F. ; Miniño, Arialdi M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  This report presents rates of drug overdose deaths from the National Vital Statistics System over a 20-year period by demographic group and by the type of drugs involved, with a focus on changes from 2021 to 2022.
  
  Key findings: Data from the National Vital Statistics System: The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 8.2 deaths per 100,000 standard population in 2002 to 32.6 in 2022; however, the rate did not significantly change between 2021 and 2022. Rates decreased between 2021 and 2022 for people ages 15–34 and increased for those age 35 and older. Between 2021 and 2022, rates increased for all race and Hispanic-origin groups, except Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander non-Hispanic and White non-Hispanic people. Between 2021 and 2022, the rate for synthetic opioids other than methadone increased 4.1% from 21.8 to 22.7, while rates for heroin, natural and semisynthetic opioids, and methadone declined. Between 2021 and 2022, rates for cocaine and psychostimulants with abuse potential increased.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid / Poisoning Cause Of Death / Trends Central Nervous System Stimulants / Poisoning Drug Overdose Drug Overdose / Ethnology Drug Overdose / Mortality Mortality Narcotics / Poisoning Sex Distribution Suicide / Statistics & Numerical Data United States / Epidemiology

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• Source:
  NationalVital Statistics System
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• DOI:
  https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:135849
• ISSN:
  ISSN 1941–4927 Print ed. ; ISSN 1941–4935 Online ed.
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• Issue:
  491
• Citation:
  Spencer MR, Garnett MF, Miniño AM. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 2002–2022. NCHS Data Brief, no 491. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2024. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:135849
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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