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:
32.4 drug-overdose deaths per 100,000 population (2021) *

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, 2018-2021 *
(drug-overdose deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired

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

Drug overdose deaths by Race/Ethnicity, 2018-2021 *
(drug-overdose deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired

Population 2018 2019 2020 2021
American Indian or Alaska Native only
16.8
SE 0.653
19.3
SE 0.692
26.3
SE 0.803
35.2
SE 0.922
Asian only
3.1
SE 0.124
3.4
SE 0.129
4.7
SE 0.151
4.9
SE 0.152
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
11.1
SE 1.224
10.2
SE 1.123
12.2
SE 1.216
18.5
SE 1.482
Black or African American only
20.6
SE 0.218
24.1
SE 0.235
34.4
SE 0.280
42.6
SE 0.309
White only
22.8
SE 0.099
23.3
SE 0.100
29.9
SE 0.113
33.6
SE 0.120
2 or more races
11.2
SE 0.431
12.0
SE 0.441
17.5
SE 0.519
20.2
SE 0.547
Hispanic or Latino
11.0
SE 0.140
12.7
SE 0.149
17.6
SE 0.173
21.1
SE 0.187
Not Hispanic or Latino
22.8
SE 0.095
23.6
SE 0.097
30.6
SE 0.111
34.8
SE 0.117
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
26.8
SE 1.096
30.5
SE 1.159
42.5
SE 1.365
56.6
SE 1.568
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
3.0
SE 0.123
3.3
SE 0.130
4.6
SE 0.151
4.7
SE 0.151
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
12.3
SE 1.482
9.5
SE 1.254
13.7
SE 1.497
20.1
SE 1.797
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
21.3
SE 0.229
24.8
SE 0.247
35.8
SE 0.296
44.2
SE 0.325
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
25.9
SE 0.121
26.2
SE 0.121
33.1
SE 0.137
36.8
SE 0.143
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
12.4
SE 0.514
12.7
SE 0.510
18.8
SE 0.610
21.5
SE 0.639

Highest and lowest rates for Drug overdose deaths: Disparities by Race/Ethnicity, 2018-2021 *
(drug-overdose deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired