Opioid use in the U.S.

Statistics report on opioid use in the U.S.

Opioid use in the U.S.

This report presents facts and figures on opioid use in the United States. It provides information on prescription opioids, heroin, and fentanyl as well as data on opioid overdose deaths in general and the costs of opioid abuse and opioid-related deaths.

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U.S. overview

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  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who thought select health issues were a crisis 2022
  • Basic Statistic Public perception on opioid abuse and addiction in the U.S. 2020-2022
  • Basic Statistic Most important health issues facing the U.S. according to U.S. adults 2023
  • Basic Statistic Americans opinion on main public health threat in the U.S. in 2024
  • Basic Statistic Anxiety among U.S. adults in regards to select aspects of life from 2020 to 2023
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults with opioid addiction in family as of 2023, by community type
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults with opioid addiction in family as of 2023, by race/ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who supported select policies to reduce drug overdoses in 2023
  • Premium Statistic Lifetime odds of dying from select causes in the U.S. in 2022
  • Premium Statistic Deaths from drug overdose in the U.S. 2020-2022, by drug

Prescription opioids

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  • Basic Statistic Number of opioid prescriptions U.S. 2006-2022
  • Premium Statistic Prescription opioid dispensing rates in the U.S. 2006-2022
  • Basic Statistic Non medical use of Rx pain relievers over the last year in the U.S. 2002-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of prescription opioid overdose deaths U.S. 1999-2022
  • Premium Statistic Prescription opioid overdose U.S. death rate 1999-2022
  • Basic Statistic Death rate due to prescription opioid overdose U.S. 1999-2022, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Death rate due to prescription opioid overdose U.S. 1999-2022, by race/ethnicity

Heroin

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  • Premium Statistic Individuals starting to consume heroin in the U.S. 2002-2023
  • Premium Statistic Individuals who consumed heroin during past year in the U.S. 2002-2023
  • Basic Statistic Individuals who consumed heroin during the past year in the U.S. 2002-2023, by age
  • Basic Statistic Heroin dependence or abuse within past year in the U.S. 2002-2023, by age
  • Premium Statistic Number of heroin overdose deaths U.S. 1999-2022
  • Premium Statistic Heroin overdose U.S. death rate 1999-2022
  • Premium Statistic Overdose death rate from heroin U.S. 2022, by state

Fentanyl

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  • Basic Statistic Number of fentanyl overdose deaths U.S. 1999-2022
  • Basic Statistic Number of fentanyl overdose deaths U.S. 1999-2022, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Number of U.S. deaths from illicit fentanyls in 2020, by age group
  • Basic Statistic Number of U.S. deaths from illicit fentanyls in 2020, by region and gender
  • Basic Statistic Rate of overdose deaths involving fentanyl in the U.S. 1999-2022
  • Basic Statistic Rate of overdose deaths involving fentanyl in the U.S. 1999-2022, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Rate of overdose deaths involving fentanyl in the U.S. 1999-2022, by race/ethnicity

Overview of deaths from opioids

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. opioid overdose deaths number from 1999 to 2022
  • Premium Statistic U.S. opioid overdose death rate from 1999 to 2022
  • Premium Statistic Opioid drug overdose male death rates in the U.S. 1999-2022
  • Premium Statistic Opioid drug overdose female death rates in the U.S. 1999-2022
  • Premium Statistic U.S. opioid drug overdose death rates from 1999-2022, by race/ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Share of deaths from opioid overdose in the U.S. in 2022, by age
  • Premium Statistic Death rates from opioid overdose in the U.S. in 2022, by state

Costs due to opioid abuse and death

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  • Premium Statistic Nonfatal costs of opioid use disorder in the U.S. in 2017, by type of cost
  • Premium Statistic Cost of opioid use disorder in the U.S. in 2017, by state
  • Basic Statistic Per capita cost of opioid use disorder in the U.S. in 2017, by state
  • Basic Statistic Costs of fatal opioid overdose in the U.S. in 2017, by type of cost
  • Basic Statistic Cost of fatal opioid overdose in the U.S. in 2017, by state
  • Basic Statistic Fatal opioid overdose per capita costs in the U.S. in 2017, by state
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