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

In 2021, the age-adjusted drug overdose death rate for males was 45.1 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, by gender, per 100,000 population.

Age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. from 1999 to 2021, by gender (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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