Drug Overdose Statistics

 More than 932,000 people have died since 1999 from a drug overdose.1 In 2020, 91,799 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States. The age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths increased by 31% from 2019 (21.6 per 100,000) to 2020 (28.3 per 100,000).

Opioids—mainly synthetic opioids (other than methadone)—are currently the main driver of drug overdose deaths. 82.3% of opioid-involved overdose deaths involved synthetic opioids.

•  Opioids were involved in 68,630 overdose deaths in 2020 (74.8% of all drug overdose deaths).
• Drug overdose deaths involving psychostimulants such as methamphetamine are increasing with and without synthetic opioid involvement

References

CDC. (2021, June 23). Drug overdose deaths. Www.cdc.gov; CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/deaths/index.html

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