Status: Getting worse
Most Recent Data:
1.07
deaths per 100,000 population
(2021) *
Target:
0.84
per 100,000
*
Desired Direction:
Decrease desired
Baseline:
0.93
deaths per 100,000 population were caused by an overdose involving methadone in 2018 *
* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.
Reduce overdose deaths involving methadone
Data Sources: National Vital Statistics System - Mortality (NVSS-M), CDC/NCHS; Population Estimates, Census
Summary
Methadone is a synthetic opioid used to address pain and treat people with opioid use disorder. Deaths involving methadone have decreased in recent years, but thousands of people still die from methadone overdoses each year. Interventions to change health care providers’ opioid prescribing behaviors can help reduce methadone-related deaths. Distributing naloxone to reverse overdoses and providing access to medications for opioid use disorder can also help reduce overdose deaths.
Topics: Injury Prevention, Drug and Alcohol Use
Workgroup: Injury and Violence Prevention Workgroup
