Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2002–2022
Mar 21, 2024 · The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths involving psychostimulants increased more than 34 times from 2002 (0.3) to 2022 (10.4), with different rates of change over time. Figure 5. Age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths involving stimulants, by type of stimulant: United States, 2002–2022
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Overdose Prevention Overdose prevention is a CDC priority that impacts families and communities. Drug overdose is a leading cause of preventable death in the U.S.
SUDORS Dashboard: Fatal Drug Overdose Data - CDC
Dec 12, 2024 · Drug and metric (i.e., count or percent) selection in section title "Where were select drugs of interest detected in drug overdose deaths": Select a drug or drug class of interest from the drop-down menu to view data for a specific drug or drug class. Select one of the radio buttons to view counts or percentages of deaths with the selected drug ...
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Oct 30, 2024 · Overview. Drug overdose is an evolving public health crisis. In 2023, an estimated 54.2 million Americans aged 12 or older needed substance use disorder treatment in the past year, but only 12.8 million people with a substance use disorder in the past year received treatment. 1 Reducing the use of illegal drugs, the misuse of prescription opioids and other …
Understanding the Opioid Overdose Epidemic - CDC
Nov 1, 2024 · In 2022, among a sub-set of jurisdictions, nearly 43% of drug overdose deaths involved both opioids and stimulants. 9 Confronting the opioid overdose epidemic CDC is committed to addressing the opioid overdose epidemic and supporting states and communities as they continue work to identify outbreaks, collect data, respond to overdoses, and ...
Detection of Illegally Manufactured Fentanyls and Carfentanil in …
Dec 5, 2024 · In 2023, approximately 72,000 drug overdose deaths, or nearly seven in 10, were estimated to involve fentanyl, which is primarily illegally manufactured.*, † Provisional data project a decrease in overdose deaths in 2023 compared with the number in 2022, the first decline since 2018; the decrease appears to have continued into 2024 ...
Routes of Drug Use Among Drug Overdose Deaths ...
Feb 15, 2024 · Percentage of drug overdose deaths with evidence of selected routes of drug use,* by U.S. Census Bureau region † and 6-month period of death (N = 139,740) — State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System, 28 jurisdictions, § January 2020–December 2022
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Oct 18, 2024 · Addressing the overdose crisis. In 2022, nearly 108,000 people died from drug overdoses, which equates to approximately 296 overdoses each day. 1 In a sub-set of states, 65% of overdose deaths had at least one potential opportunity to link people to care before the fatal overdose or to implement life-saving actions when the fatal overdose occurred. 2 Drug …
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Feb 26, 2024 · Overview. Drugs take nearly 300 lives every day. 1 To address the increasing number of overdose deaths related to both prescription opioids and illegal drugs, we created a website to educate people who use drugs about the dangers of illegally manufactured fentanyl, the risks and consequences of mixing drugs, the lifesaving power of naloxone, and the …
Drug overdose deaths - Health, United States - Centers for Disease ...
Drug overdose is a leading cause of injury mortality in the United States. In 2019, drug overdose deaths totaled 70,630, an increase of 4.8% from 67,367 in 2018 (1,2). Since 2009, an increasing proportion of drug overdose deaths have been caused by opioids, which accounted for 70.6% of all drug overdose deaths in 2019.