Infant drug-involved deaths by drug type U.S. 2017

From 2015 to 2017, 154 cases of drug-involved infant deaths involved methamphetamine. Drug involvement could be either the underlying cause (e.g. poisoning by drugs) or a contributing cause (e.g. drugs found in blood) of death. This statistic shows the number of infant drug-involved deaths in the United States from 2015 to 2017, by drug type.

Number of infant drug-involved deaths in the United States from 2015 to 2017, by drug type

Characteristic	Number of infant deaths
Methamphetamine	154
No specific drug mention	111
Opioids	80
Cocaine	78
Opioid treatment	39
Cannabis or cannabinoids	24
Other stimulants	12
Benzodiazepines	11
Barbiturates	2
Hallucinogens	1

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Release date

June 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2015 to 2017

Age group

under 1 year

Supplementary notes

"Drug involvement was considered the underlying cause of death when the underlying cause-of-death code was one of the following: Newborn affected by maternal use of drugs of addiction (P04.4); Newborn affected by maternal noxious influences (P04.8–P04.9); Neonatal withdrawal symptoms from maternal use of drugs of addiction (P96.1); Accidental poisoning by and exposure to noxious substances (X40–X44); Assault (homicide) by drugs, medicaments, and biological substances (X85); or Poisoning by and exposure to drugs, medicaments and biological substances (Y10–Y14)."

"Drug involvement was considered a contributing cause of death if any of the ICD–10 codes listed above were identified as a contributing cause of death or if a cause of death was coded to Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood (R78.1–R78.5); Poisonings by narcotics and psychodysleptics (T40), barbiturates (T42.2), benzodiazepines (T42.4), psychostimulants with abuse potential (T43.6), or other psychotropic drugs (T43.8–T43.9); or Sequelae of poisoning by various substances (T96–T97)."

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