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 for 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 Analgesics, Opioid / Poisoning Cause Of Death Cause Of Death / Trends Central Nervous System Stimulants Central Nervous System Stimulants / Poisoning Drug Overdose Drug Overdose / Ethnology Drug Overdose / Mortality Mortality Narcotics Narcotics / Poisoning Sex Distribution Suicide Suicide / Statistics & Numerical Data

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• Keywords:
  opioids, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality
• Source:
  National Vital Statistics System
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• Issue:
  491
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/135849/cdc_135849_DS1.pdf
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