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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.
1999-2019 chart. 1999-2018 chart. 2000-2017 chart. 2000-2016 chart. Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On some versions the chart was cropped by User:Timeshifter. Freeware IrfanView was used to add a border, and to edit the caption text on the chart. Other versions: See: File talk:Timeline. Overdose deaths involving opioids ...
The loss of life in 2023, for example, cost the U.S. $1.11 trillion, with the study explaining that researchers multiplied the 74,702 opioid deaths that year "by value of statistical life in the ...
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% ...
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.
Last year, Travis County had 13 people ages 16-20 die of an overdose, with fentanyl being present in 12 of those deaths. Since fentanyl deaths began increasing, the county has worked to try to get ...