Drugs Involved in U.S. Overdose Deaths, 1999 to 2017...Heroin, 15,958 Synthetic Opioids other than...
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Heroin, 15,958 Synthetic Opioids other than Methadone, 29,406 Natural and semi-synthetic opioids, 14,958 Cocaine, 14,556 Methamphetamine, 10,721 Methadone, 3,295 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Drugs Involved in U.S. Overdose Deaths, 1999 to 2017
Transcript of Drugs Involved in U.S. Overdose Deaths, 1999 to 2017...Heroin, 15,958 Synthetic Opioids other than...
Heroin, 15,958
Synthetic Opioids other than Methadone, 29,406
Natural and semi-synthetic opioids, 14,958
Cocaine, 14,556
Methamphetamine, 10,721
Methadone, 3,295
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Drugs Involved in U.S. Overdose Deaths, 1999 to 2017
More than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017
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Total U.S. Drug Deaths
National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths Involving All Drugs
63,632
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Total Female Male
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths Involving Opioids
42,249
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Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths Involving
Opioid Pain Relievers (excluding non-methadone synthetics)
19,354
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Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths Involving
Other Synthetic Opioids (Predominately Fentanyl)
19,413
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Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths Involving Heroin
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Total Female Male
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths Involving Cocaine
14,556
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Total Female Male
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths Involving Cocaine in Combination
with Non-Methadone Opioid Synthetics
4,184
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Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
National Overdose DeathsNumber of Deaths Involving Benzodiazepines
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
8,791
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Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
Opioid Involvement in Cocaine Overdose
10,375
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Deaths Involving Cocaine
Cocaine in Combination with Any Opioid
Cocaine Only
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
Opioid Involvement in Benzodiazepine Overdose
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
8,791
10,684
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Deaths Involving Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepine in Combination with Any Opioid
Benzodiazepine Only
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder
Alternate Text• The figures above are bar charts showing the number of U.S. overdose
deaths involving all drugs, opioid drugs, opioid analgesics (excluding non-methadone synthetic, the category dominated by illicit fentanyl), heroin, heroin and non-methadone synthetics (to capture illicit opioids), benzodiazepines, or cocaine from 2002 to 2016 (provisional 2017 data available for select drugs). The charts are overlayed by line graphs showing the number of deaths by males and females. The highest rise was seen for deaths involving other synthetic opioids, with a 22-fold increase from 2002 to 2017. The final two charts show the numbers of cocaine and benzodiazepine deaths that also involved an opioid; overdoses on these drug combinations have increased by nearly 3- and 6- fold respectively. These categories are not mutually exclusive and therefore cannot be summed.
