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   How are drug overdose deaths determined?

   • Drug overdose deaths involving selected drug categories were identified by multiple cause-of-death codes: T40.1 (heroin), T40.2 (natural and semisynthetic opioids), T40.3 (methadone), and T40.4 (synthetic opioids other than methadone). Age-adjusted death rates were calculated using the direct method and the 2000 U.S. standard population.

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   How did drug overdose deaths change from 2021 to 2022?

   • The number of drug overdose deaths did not significantly change from 2021 to 2022. Over 75% of the nearly 107,000 drug overdose deaths in 2022 involved an opioid. Opioid-involved death rates decreased by 12.5%. Prescription opioid-involved death rates remained the same. Heroin-involved death rates decreased nearly 36%.

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   How many people die from a drug overdose?

   • According to the National Safety Council, the lifetime odds of dying from an overdose in the United States is 1 in 96. Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. US yearly deaths from all opioid drugs. Included in this number are opioid analgesics, along with heroin and illicit synthetic opioids.

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   What is a drug overdose?

   • Drug overdose is sometimes used as a means to commit suicide, as the result of intentional or unintentional misuse of medication. Intentional misuse leading to overdose can include using prescribed or non-prescribed drugs in excessive quantities in an attempt to produce euphoria .

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   A drug overdose (overdose or OD) is the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities much greater than are recommended. Typically it is used for cases when a risk to health will potentially result. An overdose may result in a toxic state or death.

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   Drug use contributes to 500,000 deaths worldwide, with opioid overdose resulting in approximately 115,000 of these deaths in 2018. This is up from 18,000 deaths in 1990. [13] [14] In 2018, approximately 269 million people had engaged in drug usage at least once, 58 million of which used opioids. [1]

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   Apr 5, 2024 · The number of people who died from a drug overdose in 2021 was over six times the number in 1999. The number of drug overdose deaths did not significantly change from 2021 to 2022. Over 75% of the nearly 107,000 drug overdose deaths in 2022 involved an opioid. 2021-2022. Opioid-involved death rates decreased by 12.5%.

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   Drug overdoses, both fatal and nonfatal, continue to impact our nation. Overdose deaths remain a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States. The majority of overdose deaths involve opioids.

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   Mar 21, 2024 · Drug overdose deaths involving selected drug categories were identified by multiple cause-of-death codes: T40.1 (heroin), T40.2 (natural and semisynthetic opioids), T40.3 (methadone), and T40.4 (synthetic opioids other than methadone).