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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce drug overdose deaths — SU‑03 Data

This objective is a Leading Health Indicator (LHI). Learn about LHIs.

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
32.6 drug overdose deaths per 100,000 population (2022) *

Target:
20.7 per 100,000 *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
20.7 drug overdose deaths per 100,000 population occurred in 2018 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Drug overdose deaths, 2018-2022 *
(drug overdose deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired

Population 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total
20.7
SE 0.082
21.6
SE 0.083
28.3
SE 0.095
32.4
SE 0.101
32.6
SE 0.101