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Death rate due to prescription opioid overdose U.S. 1999 -2020, by gender

Published by
John Elflein,
Feb 15, 2022
This statistic shows the annual death rate for prescription opioid overdose deaths in the United States from 1999 to 2020, by gender. According to the data, in 2020 males had a prescription opioid overdose death rate of about 6.1 per 100,000 population.

U.S. death rate from prescription opioid overdose from 1999 to 2020, by gender (per 100,000 population)

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Release date

January 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

1999 to 2020

Supplementary notes

Prescription Opioids ICD-10 codes (T40.2-T40.3)

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