Reduce overdose deaths involving opioids — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Getting worse

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

Target:
13.1 per 100,000 *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
14.6 deaths per 100,000 population were caused by an overdose involving any opioid in 2018 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Population	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	14.6 SE 0.069	15.5 SE 0.071	21.4 SE 0.083	24.7 SE 0.089

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

Overdose deaths involving any opioid 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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