U.S. drug overdose death rate in 2017, by drug type and gender

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John Elflein,
May 28, 2021
This statistic shows the rate of drug overdose deaths in the United States per 100,000 population in 2017, by drug type and gender. According to the data, 20.4 males out of every 100,000 males died from any opioid overdose, compared to 9.4 deaths out of every 100,000 females.

Rate of drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2017, by drug type and gender (per 100,000 population)

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Release date

November 2019

Region

United States

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

Age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population using the vintage year population of the data year.

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