This statistic shows the death rate from prescription opioid overdose in the U.S. from 2000 to 2017, in deaths per 100,000 people. In 2017, over 12 people died from a prescription opioid overdose per 100,000 people, a significant increase from a rate of only 1.5 in the year 2000.
Prescription opioid overdose death rate in the U.S. from 2000 to 2017
(per 100,000 population)
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (January 19, 2019). Prescription opioid overdose death rate in the U.S. from 2000 to 2017 (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 23, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/638335/death-rate-presciption-opioid-overdose-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Prescription opioid overdose death rate in the U.S. from 2000 to 2017 (per 100,000 population)." Chart. January 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 23, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/638335/death-rate-presciption-opioid-overdose-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2019). Prescription opioid overdose death rate in the U.S. from 2000 to 2017 (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 23, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/638335/death-rate-presciption-opioid-overdose-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Prescription Opioid Overdose Death Rate in The U.S. from 2000 to 2017 (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/638335/death-rate-presciption-opioid-overdose-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Prescription opioid overdose death rate in the U.S. from 2000 to 2017 (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/638335/death-rate-presciption-opioid-overdose-us/ (last visited February 23, 2020)
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