Psychostimulant overdose death rate by race/ethnicity U.S. 1999-2021

In 2021, there were around 12.6 overdose deaths involving psychostimulants among whites in the United States per 100,000 population. This statistic shows the rate of overdose deaths involving psychostimulants in the U.S. from 1999 to 2021, by race/ethnicity.

Rate of overdose deaths involving psychostimulants in the U.S. from 1999 to 2021, by race/ethnicity* (per 100,000 population)

Characteristic	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Asian, non-Hispanic**	Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic**	Hispanic	American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
1999	0.2	0.1	-	-	0.2	-
2000	0.2	-	-	-	0.2	-
2001	0.2	-	-	-	0.2	-
2002	0.4	0.1	-	-	0.3	-
2003	0.5	0.1	-	-	0.4	-
2004	0.5	0.1	-	-	0.4	1.3
2005	0.6	0.2	-	-	0.5	1.5
2006	0.6	0.2	-	-	0.5	1.2
2007	0.6	0.2	-	-	0.4	0.9
2008	0.5	0.2	-	-	0.4	1.1
2009	0.6	0.1	-	-	0.4	1.2
2010	0.7	0.2	-	-	0.5	1.5
2011	0.9	0.2	-	-	0.5	2.4
2012	1	0.3	-	-	0.6	2.6
2013	1.4	0.4	-	-	0.9	3.5
2014	1.7	0.5	-	-	1	4.5
2015	2.2	0.8	-	-	1.4	5.4
2016	3	1.2	-	-	1.5	6.9
2017	4.2	1.6	-	-	2	8.5
2018	5	2.2	0.9	7.4	2.5	11.1
2019	6.5	2.9	1	6.6	3.1	13.1
2020	9.4	5.1	1.4	9	4.7	17.9
2021	12.6	7.2	1.5	11.8	6.4	27.4

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1999 to 2021

Supplementary notes

* Psychostimulants With Abuse Potential ICD-10 code (T43.6) This category is dominated by methamphetamine related overdoses.
** Prior to 2018, mortlity data for Asian and Pacific Islander populations were combined.

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