Reduce overdose deaths involving heroin — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Target met or exceeded

Most Recent Data:
2.8 deaths per 100,000 population (2021) *

Target:
4.2 per 100,000 *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
4.7 deaths per 100,000 population were caused by an overdose involving heroin in 2018 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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**Overdose deaths involving heroin** ^*
(deaths per 100,000 population), **2018**-**2021**
Population	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	4.7 SE 0.039	4.4 SE 0.038	4.1 SE 0.036	2.8 SE 0.030

Data Sources: National Vital Statistics System - Mortality (NVSS-M), CDC/NCHS ; Population Estimates, Census

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

*: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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