The vast majority of people who died from drug overdose involving illicitly manufactured fetanyls had a history of using other drugs and illicit opioids. This statistic shows the total number of overdose deaths that involved illicitly manufactured fetanyls in the U.S. in 2020 among decedents with medical reports, by drug use history.
Number of drug overdose deaths that involved illicitly manufactured fentanyls in the U.S. in 2020, by drug use history
The source adds the following information: "Drug use history categories are not mutually exclusive; a decedent could have a documented history of use or misuse of more than one type of drug. Illicit opioid use history includes history of use of IMFs or heroin. Other drug use history includes history of benzodiazepine misuse, history of cannabis use, history of unspecified drug use, and other drug use history"
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CDC, & MMWR. (December 17, 2021). Number of drug overdose deaths that involved illicitly manufactured fentanyls in the U.S. in 2020, by drug use history [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295982/drug-overdose-deaths-number-us-illicit-fentanlys-by-drug-use-history/
CDC, und MMWR. "Number of drug overdose deaths that involved illicitly manufactured fentanyls in the U.S. in 2020, by drug use history." Chart. December 17, 2021. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295982/drug-overdose-deaths-number-us-illicit-fentanlys-by-drug-use-history/
CDC, MMWR. (2021). Number of drug overdose deaths that involved illicitly manufactured fentanyls in the U.S. in 2020, by drug use history. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295982/drug-overdose-deaths-number-us-illicit-fentanlys-by-drug-use-history/
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Number of drug overdose deaths that involved illicitly manufactured fentanyls in the U.S. in 2020, by drug use history [Graph], CDC, & MMWR, December 17, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295982/drug-overdose-deaths-number-us-illicit-fentanlys-by-drug-use-history/
