Rate of overdose deaths involving fentanyl in the U.S. 1999-2020, by ethnicity

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John Elflein,
Feb 15, 2022
This statistic presents the rate of drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl in the U.S. from 1999 to 2020, by ethnicity. In 2020, there were around 20.7 overdose deaths involving fentanyl among non-Hispanic whites per 100,000 population.

Rate of drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl in the U.S. from 1999 to 2020, by ethnicity (per 100,000 population)

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Release date

January 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

1999 to 2020

Supplementary notes

The official category is "Synthetic Opioids other than Methadone (primarily fentanyl) ICD-10 code (T40.4)" However, this category is dominated by fentanyl related overdoses.

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