Number of U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2017, by drug type and ethnicity

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John Elflein,
May 28, 2021
This statistic shows the number of drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2017, by drug type and ethnicity. In that year, around 37,113 white, non-Hispanic people overdosed and died on any opioid. Comparatively, just 3,932 Hispanics overdosed on opioids in 2017.

Number of drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2017, by drug type and ethnicity

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November 2019

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United States

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2017

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