Drug overdose age-adjusted death rate U.S. 2021

In 2021, the age-adjusted drug overdose death rate in the United States was 32.4 per 100,000 population. Opioids are the main driver of overdose deaths in the United States. This statistic presents the age-adjusted drug overdose death rate in the U.S. from 1999 to 2021, per 100,000 population.

Age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. from 1999 to 2021 (per 100,000 population)

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Release date

2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1999 to 2021

Special properties

age-adjusted

Supplementary notes

Deaths are classified using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD–10). Drug overdose deaths are identified using underlying cause-of-death codes X40–X44, X60–X64, X85, and Y10–Y14. Age-adjusted death rates were calculated by applying age-specific death rates to the 2000 U.S standard population age distribution.

Figures for 1999 and 2000 were taken from the previous year's report and can be found here.

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