National Status: Getting worse
Most Recent Data:
16.0
deaths per 100,000 population
(2024) *
National Target:
13.1
per 100,000
*
Desired Direction:
Decrease desired
National 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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Overdose deaths involving any opioid, 2018-2024 *
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total |
14.6 CI 14.4 / 14.7 SE 0.069 |
15.5 CI 15.3 / 15.6 SE 0.071 |
21.4 CI 21.2 / 21.5 SE 0.083 |
24.7 CI 24.5 / 24.8 SE 0.089 |
25.0 CI 24.8 / 25.2 SE 0.089 |
24.0 CI 23.9 / 24.2 SE 0.087 |
16.0 CI 15.9 / 16.2 SE 0.070 |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Sex, 2018-2024 *
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male |
20.1 CI 19.9 / 20.3 SE 0.114 |
21.7 CI 21.5 / 21.9 SE 0.119 |
30.4 CI 30.2 / 30.7 SE 0.140 |
34.8 CI 34.5 / 35.1 SE 0.149 |
35.5 CI 35.2 / 35.8 SE 0.149 |
34.5 CI 34.2 / 34.8 SE 0.147 |
22.5 CI 22.3 / 22.8 SE 0.118 |
Female |
9.0 CI 8.9 / 9.2 SE 0.076 |
9.3 CI 9.1 / 9.5 SE 0.077 |
12.3 CI 12.1 / 12.5 SE 0.089 |
14.5 CI 14.3 / 14.7 SE 0.096 |
14.4 CI 14.2 / 14.6 SE 0.096 |
13.6 CI 13.4 / 13.7 SE 0.093 |
9.5 CI 9.4 / 9.7 SE 0.077 |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Race/Ethnicity, 2018-2024 *
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
American Indian or Alaska Native only |
8.8 CI 7.9 / 9.8 SE 0.470 |
11.1 CI 10.1 / 12.2 SE 0.522 |
17.5 CI 16.2 / 18.8 SE 0.652 |
24.1 CI 22.7 / 25.7 SE 0.759 |
28.8 CI 27.2 / 30.5 SE 0.831 |
30.3 CI 28.7 / 32.0 SE 0.846 |
21.2 CI 19.9 / 22.6 SE 0.692 |
Asian only |
1.4 CI 1.2 / 1.5 SE 0.082 |
1.6 CI 1.4 / 1.8 SE 0.088 |
2.7 CI 2.5 / 2.9 SE 0.114 |
2.7 CI 2.5 / 3.0 SE 0.113 |
3.3 CI 3.1 / 3.6 SE 0.123 |
3.3 CI 3.1 / 3.6 SE 0.123 |
2.3 CI 2.2 / 2.5 SE 0.099 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only |
4.3 CI 2.9 / 6.3 SE 0.782 |
3.7 CI 2.5 / 5.4 SE 0.654 |
5.4 CI 4.0 / 7.4 SE 0.802 |
9.8 CI 7.8 / 12.3 SE 1.073 |
8.4 CI 6.6 / 10.7 SE 0.973 |
14.5 CI 12.1 / 17.3 SE 1.268 |
9.1 CI 7.2 / 11.3 SE 0.988 |
Black or African American only |
13.7 CI 13.3 / 14.0 SE 0.177 |
16.9 CI 16.5 / 17.3 SE 0.197 |
25.7 CI 25.2 / 26.2 SE 0.242 |
32.3 CI 31.8 / 32.9 SE 0.269 |
35.5 CI 34.9 / 36.0 SE 0.281 |
36.5 CI 36.0 / 37.1 SE 0.284 |
22.3 CI 21.9 / 22.7 SE 0.219 |
White only |
16.4 CI 16.2 / 16.5 SE 0.084 |
17.0 CI 16.8 / 17.1 SE 0.086 |
22.9 CI 22.7 / 23.1 SE 0.100 |
25.8 CI 25.6 / 26.0 SE 0.105 |
25.6 CI 25.4 / 25.8 SE 0.105 |
24.0 CI 23.8 / 24.2 SE 0.101 |
16.4 CI 16.2 / 16.6 SE 0.083 |
2 or more races |
6.3 CI 5.7 / 6.9 SE 0.312 |
6.8 CI 6.2 / 7.5 SE 0.322 |
11.4 CI 10.6 / 12.2 SE 0.406 |
14.0 CI 13.1 / 14.9 SE 0.446 |
15.0 CI 14.1 / 15.9 SE 0.455 |
16.2 CI 15.3 / 17.2 SE 0.472 |
11.7 CI 10.9 / 12.5 SE 0.395 |
Hispanic or Latino |
7.5 CI 7.3 / 7.7 SE 0.115 |
8.8 CI 8.6 / 9.1 SE 0.123 |
13.1 CI 12.8 / 13.4 SE 0.148 |
16.0 CI 15.6 / 16.3 SE 0.162 |
17.3 CI 17.0 / 17.7 SE 0.167 |
17.6 CI 17.3 / 17.9 SE 0.167 |
11.8 CI 11.6 / 12.1 SE 0.134 |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
16.1 CI 16.0 / 16.3 SE 0.081 |
16.9 CI 16.8 / 17.1 SE 0.083 |
23.2 CI 23.0 / 23.4 SE 0.097 |
26.6 CI 26.4 / 26.8 SE 0.103 |
26.6 CI 26.4 / 26.8 SE 0.103 |
25.3 CI 25.1 / 25.5 SE 0.100 |
16.9 CI 16.7 / 17.0 SE 0.081 |
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino |
13.8 CI 12.3 / 15.4 SE 0.784 |
17.7 CI 16.1 / 19.6 SE 0.882 |
28.1 CI 25.9 / 30.3 SE 1.106 |
38.7 CI 36.2 / 41.3 SE 1.291 |
46.9 CI 44.1 / 49.8 SE 1.434 |
49.4 CI 46.6 / 52.4 SE 1.468 |
35.5 CI 33.1 / 38.0 SE 1.240 |
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino |
1.3 CI 1.2 / 1.5 SE 0.082 |
1.5 CI 1.4 / 1.7 SE 0.087 |
2.6 CI 2.4 / 2.8 SE 0.114 |
2.6 CI 2.3 / 2.8 SE 0.112 |
3.2 CI 2.9 / 3.4 SE 0.122 |
3.2 CI 3.0 / 3.4 SE 0.122 |
2.2 CI 2.0 / 2.4 SE 0.097 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino |
4.0 CI 2.5 / 6.3 SE 0.865 |
2.8 CI 1.7 / 4.7 SE 0.672 |
6.0 CI 4.3 / 8.4 SE 0.978 |
9.7 CI 7.4 / 12.6 SE 1.244 |
8.3 CI 6.3 / 11.0 SE 1.129 |
15.6 CI 12.8 / 19.0 SE 1.541 |
10.2 CI 7.9 / 12.9 SE 1.218 |
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino |
14.1 CI 13.7 / 14.5 SE 0.186 |
17.3 CI 16.9 / 17.7 SE 0.206 |
26.6 CI 26.1 / 27.1 SE 0.255 |
33.5 CI 33.0 / 34.1 SE 0.283 |
36.6 CI 36.0 / 37.2 SE 0.296 |
37.6 CI 37.0 / 38.2 SE 0.298 |
22.8 CI 22.4 / 23.3 SE 0.230 |
White only, not Hispanic or Latino |
18.8 CI 18.6 / 19.0 SE 0.103 |
19.2 CI 19.0 / 19.4 SE 0.104 |
25.5 CI 25.2 / 25.7 SE 0.121 |
28.4 CI 28.2 / 28.7 SE 0.127 |
27.6 CI 27.4 / 27.9 SE 0.125 |
25.5 CI 25.3 / 25.8 SE 0.120 |
17.5 CI 17.3 / 17.7 SE 0.099 |
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino |
7.0 CI 6.3 / 7.8 SE 0.374 |
7.3 CI 6.6 / 8.1 SE 0.375 |
12.2 CI 11.3 / 13.2 SE 0.476 |
15.0 CI 14.0 / 16.1 SE 0.526 |
16.2 CI 15.1 / 17.3 SE 0.538 |
17.1 CI 16.0 / 18.2 SE 0.552 |
12.8 CI 11.9 / 13.8 SE 0.472 |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Age group, 2018-2024 †
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<18 years |
0.3 CI 0.2 / 0.3 SE 0.019 |
0.3 CI 0.3 / 0.4 SE 0.021 |
0.7 CI 0.6 / 0.7 SE 0.031 |
0.9 CI 0.9 / 1.0 SE 0.035 |
1.1 CI 1.0 / 1.2 SE 0.039 |
1.1 CI 1.0 / 1.2 SE 0.039 |
0.6 CI 0.5 / 0.7 SE 0.029 |
0-4 years |
0.2 CI 0.2 / 0.3 SE 0.033 |
0.3 CI 0.2 / 0.4 SE 0.039 |
0.4 CI 0.3 / 0.5 SE 0.047 |
0.8 CI 0.7 / 0.9 SE 0.064 |
1.0 CI 0.9 / 1.2 SE 0.075 |
1.2 CI 1.1 / 1.4 SE 0.081 |
0.8 CI 0.7 / 1.0 SE 0.066 |
5-11 years |
DSU |
0.0 CI 0.0 / 0.1 SE 0.013 |
0.1 CI 0.0 / 0.1 SE 0.015 |
0.1 CI 0.0 / 0.1 SE 0.016 |
0.1 CI 0.1 / 0.1 SE 0.018 |
0.1 CI 0.1 / 0.1 SE 0.017 |
0.1 CI 0.0 / 0.1 SE 0.014 |
12-17 years |
0.6 CI 0.5 / 0.7 SE 0.048 |
0.7 CI 0.6 / 0.8 SE 0.051 |
1.6 CI 1.4 / 1.7 SE 0.079 |
1.9 CI 1.8 / 2.1 SE 0.086 |
2.2 CI 2.0 / 2.4 SE 0.092 |
2.1 CI 2.0 / 2.3 SE 0.091 |
1.0 CI 0.9 / 1.2 SE 0.063 |
18-44 years |
23.6 CI 23.3 / 23.9 SE 0.142 |
24.9 CI 24.6 / 25.2 SE 0.145 |
35.1 CI 34.8 / 35.5 SE 0.172 |
39.7 CI 39.3 / 40.1 SE 0.183 |
38.7 CI 38.4 / 39.1 SE 0.179 |
36.3 CI 36.0 / 36.7 SE 0.174 |
23.4 CI 23.1 / 23.6 SE 0.138 |
18-24 years |
11.5 CI 11.1 / 11.9 SE 0.194 |
11.8 CI 11.5 / 12.2 SE 0.198 |
18.8 CI 18.3 / 19.3 SE 0.250 |
19.5 CI 19.0 / 20.0 SE 0.254 |
16.6 CI 16.2 / 17.1 SE 0.230 |
14.7 CI 14.3 / 15.2 SE 0.220 |
8.6 CI 8.3 / 8.9 SE 0.166 |
25-44 years |
27.9 CI 27.5 / 28.2 SE 0.179 |
29.4 CI 29.0 / 29.7 SE 0.183 |
40.7 CI 40.3 / 41.1 SE 0.215 |
46.5 CI 46.1 / 47.0 SE 0.229 |
46.5 CI 46.1 / 47.0 SE 0.228 |
43.7 CI 43.2 / 44.1 SE 0.220 |
28.4 CI 28.1 / 28.7 SE 0.176 |
45-64 years |
20.1 CI 19.8 / 20.4 SE 0.155 |
21.6 CI 21.3 / 21.9 SE 0.161 |
28.6 CI 28.3 / 29.0 SE 0.186 |
34.3 CI 34.0 / 34.7 SE 0.203 |
36.2 CI 35.8 / 36.6 SE 0.209 |
36.0 CI 35.6 / 36.4 SE 0.209 |
24.9 CI 24.5 / 25.2 SE 0.174 |
45-54 years |
23.0 CI 22.5 / 23.4 SE 0.235 |
24.5 CI 24.0 / 25.0 SE 0.245 |
32.8 CI 32.3 / 33.4 SE 0.285 |
38.3 CI 37.7 / 38.9 SE 0.307 |
39.9 CI 39.3 / 40.5 SE 0.314 |
39.0 CI 38.4 / 39.6 SE 0.310 |
26.9 CI 26.4 / 27.4 SE 0.257 |
55-64 years |
17.2 CI 16.8 / 17.6 SE 0.202 |
18.8 CI 18.4 / 19.2 SE 0.210 |
24.6 CI 24.2 / 25.1 SE 0.241 |
30.6 CI 30.0 / 31.1 SE 0.267 |
32.7 CI 32.1 / 33.2 SE 0.279 |
33.1 CI 32.5 / 33.6 SE 0.281 |
22.8 CI 22.4 / 23.3 SE 0.234 |
65 years and over |
3.8 CI 3.7 / 4.0 SE 0.086 |
4.3 CI 4.1 / 4.5 SE 0.089 |
5.2 CI 5.0 / 5.4 SE 0.096 |
6.8 CI 6.6 / 7.0 SE 0.111 |
7.7 CI 7.5 / 7.9 SE 0.115 |
8.7 CI 8.4 / 8.9 SE 0.121 |
7.0 CI 6.8 / 7.2 SE 0.107 |
65-74 years |
5.7 CI 5.4 / 5.9 SE 0.136 |
6.3 CI 6.0 / 6.6 SE 0.141 |
7.8 CI 7.5 / 8.2 SE 0.155 |
10.2 CI 9.8 / 10.5 SE 0.174 |
11.7 CI 11.4 / 12.1 SE 0.186 |
13.2 CI 12.9 / 13.6 SE 0.195 |
10.6 CI 10.2 / 10.9 SE 0.173 |
75-84 years |
1.4 CI 1.3 / 1.6 SE 0.097 |
1.7 CI 1.5 / 1.9 SE 0.102 |
1.5 CI 1.4 / 1.7 SE 0.097 |
1.9 CI 1.7 / 2.2 SE 0.109 |
2.3 CI 2.1 / 2.5 SE 0.114 |
2.5 CI 2.3 / 2.8 SE 0.118 |
2.4 CI 2.2 / 2.6 SE 0.111 |
85 years and over |
0.9 CI 0.7 / 1.2 SE 0.118 |
1.1 CI 0.9 / 1.4 SE 0.128 |
1.1 CI 0.9 / 1.4 SE 0.131 |
1.4 CI 1.1 / 1.7 SE 0.152 |
1.1 CI 0.9 / 1.4 SE 0.132 |
1.1 CI 0.9 / 1.4 SE 0.136 |
1.1 CI 0.8 / 1.3 SE 0.128 |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Educational attainment (25-64 years), 2018-2024 *
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Educational attainment (25-64 years) |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Family income, 2018-2024 *
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Family income |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Health insurance status, 2018-2024 *
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health insurance status |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Geographic location, 2018-2024 * 1
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Metropolitan |
15.0 CI 14.9 / 15.2 SE 0.075 |
16.0 CI 15.8 / 16.1 SE 0.077 |
21.9 CI 21.7 / 22.1 SE 0.090 |
25.0 CI 24.9 / 25.2 SE 0.096 |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
Non-metropolitan |
11.6 CI 11.3 / 11.9 SE 0.172 |
12.3 CI 11.9 / 12.6 SE 0.177 |
18.1 CI 17.7 / 18.6 SE 0.216 |
22.6 CI 22.1 / 23.0 SE 0.240 |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Marital status (25 years and over), 2018-2024 *
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marital status (25 years and over) |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Country of birth, 2018-2024 *
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country of birth |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
DNA |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Veteran status, 2018-2024 *
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Veteran status |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Disability status, 2018-2024 *
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disability status |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Sexual orientation, 2018-2024 *
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sexual orientation |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
Overdose deaths involving any opioid by Gender identity, 2018-2024 *
(deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired
| Population | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender identity |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |