Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2003–2023

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• Personal Author:
  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 NationalVital Statistics System over a 20-year period by demographic group and by the type of drugs involved, specifically, opioids and stimulants, with a focus on changes from 2022 to 2023.
  
  Key findings: Data from the National Vital Statistics System: The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 8.9 deaths per 100,000 standard population in 2003 to 32.6 in 2022; however, the rate decreased to 31.3 in 2023. Rates decreased between 2022 and 2023 for people ages 15–54 and increased for adults age 55 and older. From 2022 to 2023, rates decreased for White non-Hispanic people, while rates for other race and Hispanic-origin groups generally stayed the same or increased. Between 2022 and 2023, rates declined for deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone, heroin, and natural and semisynthetic opioids, while the rate for methadone remained the same. From 2022 to 2023, rates increased for deaths involving cocaine by 4.9% (from 8.2 to 8.6) and psychostimulants with abuse potential by 1.9% (10.4 to 10.6).
  
  
• 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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• Keywords:
  Cocaine Heroin Methamphetamine NationalVital Statistics System Opioids
• Source:
  NationalVital Statistics System
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• DOI:
  https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc/170565
• 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:
  12 pdf pages
• Issue:
  522
• Citation:
  Garnett MF, Miniño AM. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 2003–2023. NCHS Data Brief, no 522. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2024. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc/170565
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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