Reduce overdose deaths involving natural and semisynthetic opioids — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Getting worse

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

Target:
3.4 per 100,000 *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
3.8 deaths per 100,000 population were caused by an overdose involving natural and semisynthetic opioids in 2018 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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**Drug overdose deaths involving natural and semi-synthetic opioids, excluding heroin**, **2018**-**2021** ^*
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Population	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	3.8 SE 0.034	3.6 SE 0.033	4.0 SE 0.036	4.0 SE 0.035

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

Drug overdose deaths involving natural and semi-synthetic opioids, excluding heroin by

#: 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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