23.1
2024 (latest)
DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS
age-adjusted deaths per 100,000 · 2000–2024 · CDC/NCHS, age-adjusted
6.2
2000
32.6
high · 2022
6.2
low · 2000
+273%
since 2000
┊ dashed lines mark 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. CDC/NCHS NVSS mortality files (ICD-10 X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, Y10-Y14), age-adjusted. 2000-2002 from Data Brief 428, 2003-2023 from Data Brief 522; the 2003-2020 overlap is identical across briefs. 2023 latest final. 2024 final (23.1) from Data Brief 549 — a 26% single-year drop.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db428-tables.pdf
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Drug Overdose Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.1 | −26% |
| 2023 | 31.3 | −4% |
| 2022 | 32.6 | +1% |
| 2021 | 32.4 | +14% |
| 2020 | 28.3 | +31% |
| 2019 | 21.6 | +4% |
| 2018 | 20.7 | −5% |
| 2017 | 21.7 | +10% |
| 2016 | 19.8 | +21% |
| 2015 | 16.3 | +11% |
| 2014 | 14.7 | +7% |
| 2013 | 13.8 | +5% |
| 2012 | 13.1 | −1% |
| 2011 | 13.2 | +7% |
| 2010 | 12.3 | +3% |
| 2009 | 11.9 | +0% |
| 2008 | 11.9 | +0% |
| 2007 | 11.9 | +3% |
| 2006 | 11.5 | +14% |
| 2005 | 10.1 | +7% |
| 2004 | 9.4 | +6% |
| 2003 | 8.9 | +9% |
| 2002 | 8.2 | +21% |
| 2001 | 6.8 | +10% |
| 2000 | 6.2 | — |
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