Overdose deaths involving kratom by gender U.S. 2016-2017

This statistic shows the number of overdose deaths in 27 U.S. states in which kratom was detected on postmortem toxicology from July 2016 to December 2017, by gender. During this time it was found that kratom was determined to be a cause of death in 69 overdose deaths among males.

Number of overdose deaths involving kratom in the U.S. from July 2016 to December 2017, by gender*

Characteristic	Male	Female
Kratom detected on toxicology	116	36
Kratom determined to be a cause of death	69	22

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Release date

April 2019

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United States

Survey time period

July 2016 to December 2017

Supplementary notes

* Twenty-seven states reported data for the period July 2016–December 2017. Eleven states reported deaths that occurred during the entire period: Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Sixteen additional states only reported deaths that occurred during July–December 2017: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. Data were current as of January 22, 2019.

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