U.S. Overdose Deaths Decrease in 2023, First Time Since 2018
May 15, 2024 · While overdose deaths from synthetic opioids (primarily fentanyl) decreased in 2023 compared to 2022, cocaine and psychostimulants (like methamphetamine) increased. Several states across the nation saw decreases; Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, and Maine experienced declines of 15% or more.
Fentanyl Statistics 2024: Latest Overdose & Addiction Data
Jun 12, 2024 · In 2020, the fentanyl overdose death rate for Black Americans was more than twice that of Hispanics and 27% higher than that of whites. In the Midwest, 2020 crude rates for fentanyl overdoses were 60 deaths per 100,000 Black males compared to …
U.S. sees a sudden and unexpected drop in fatal overdoses - NPR
Sep 18, 2024 · After decades of devastating increases driven by fentanyl and other toxic street drugs, overdose deaths are dropping sharply in much of the U.S. The trend could mean roughly 20,000 fewer deaths...
Who is overdosing on fentanyl? - USAFacts
May 28, 2024 · 2022’s fentanyl overdose rates varied widely by race, with Black people or African Americans experiencing rates at 33.7 deaths per 100,000 people — nearly 50% higher than the national average. Despite representing 13.6% of the US population, Black Americans made up 21.2% of fentanyl deaths.
Fentanyl deaths in the U.S. continue to drop, CDC says : NPR
Oct 17, 2024 · Fatal overdoses are down 12.7%, according to data released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It marks another significant improvement from last month, when surveys...
In 2023 fentanyl overdoses ravaged the US and fueled a new …
Dec 28, 2023 · For the first time in U.S. history, fatal overdoses peaked above 112,000 deaths, with young people and people of color among the hardest hit.
New report details the deadly rise of fentanyl in the US | CNN
May 3, 2023 · Nearly 70,000 people in the US died of drug overdoses that involved fentanyl in 2021, almost a four-fold increase over five years. By 2021, about two-thirds of all overdose deaths involved...
Fentanyl sparks drug overdose record : NPR
May 18, 2023 · Drug deaths nationwide hit a new record in 2022. 109,680 people died as the fentanyl crisis continued to deepen, according to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control...
Products - Data Briefs - Number 491 - March 2024 - Centers for …
Mar 21, 2024 · Drug overdoses are one of the leading causes of injury death in adults and have risen over the past several decades in the United States (1–3). Overdoses involving synthetic opioids (fentanyl, for example) and stimulants (cocaine and methamphetamine, for example) have also risen in the past few years (1, 4).
Trends in and Characteristics of Drug Overdose Deaths …
Dec 16, 2021 · During May 2020–April 2021, the estimated number of drug overdose deaths in the United States exceeded 100,000 over a 12-month period for the first time, with 64.0% of deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (mainly illicitly manufactured fentanyls [IMFs], which include both fentanyl and illicit fentanyl analogs).*