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Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. [1] [2] A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [3] The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Around 1,106,900 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 ...
The figure above is a bar chart showing the total number of U.S. overdose deaths involving other synthetic opioids from 2002 to 2016 and provisional 2017 data. Other synthetic opioids is a category dominated by illicit fentanyl. The chart is overlayed by a line graph showing the number of deaths of females and males.
But overdose deaths started a rapid decline at the start of last year. Fentanyl is still involved in most cases, but the latest data shows that annual deaths are down 22% compared with a year earlier.
According to the United States Drug Enforcement Agency in 2023, China continued to be the primary source of fentanyl being imported into the United States, killing over 100 Americans every day. [129] Over a two-year period, close to $800 million worth of fentanyl was illegally sold online to the US by Chinese distributors.
People who use drugs are trying to navigate "an increasingly toxic drug supply," experts said, and it's causing record deaths every year. Here's what we can do to save lives. How illicit fentanyl ...
According to the county, 73% of the 176 overdose deaths last year were due to fentanyl. Deaths from methamphetamine overdoses were 10% of the total. Another 10% were caused by other drugs, and 8% ...
Drug overdose was the leading cause of injury death in 2013. Among people 25 to 64 years old, drug overdose caused more deaths than motor vehicle traffic crashes. There were 43,982 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2013. Of these, 22,767 (51.8%) were related to prescription drugs. [33]
Of the 213 fatalities due to all drugs last year, a record 138 were caused by fentanyl. The total number of deaths last year was a 21% increase over 2022, while fentanyl deaths increased by 8%.