U.S. opioid overdose death rate from 1999 to 2022

Published by
Preeti Vankar,
Mar 28, 2024
In 2022, the death rate from opioid overdose was 25 per 100,000 population. Opioids are the main driver of overdose deaths in the United States. This statistic presents the death rate from opioid overdose in the U.S. from 1999 to 2022, per 100,000 population.

Death rate due to opioid overdose in the U.S. from 1999 to 2022 (per 100,000 population)

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2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

1999 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Opioids include heroin, methadone, and natural and synthetic opioids.

Figures for 1999 and 2000 were taken from the previous year's report and can be found here.

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