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This statistic shows the annual death rate for prescription opioid overdose deaths in the United States from 1999 to 2020, by ethnicity. According to the data, in 2020 American Indians and Alaskan Natives had a death rate from prescription opioids of 6.3 per 100,000.

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

Characteristic	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	Hispanic	American Indian/Alaskan Native, non-Hispanic
2020	6.3	4.7	0.6	2.5	6.3
2019	5.5	3.5	0.4	2	5.4
2018	6	3.3	0.5	2	4.7
2017	6.9	3.5	0.6	2.2	7.2
2016	7	3.3	0.7	2.1	6.5
2015	6.4	2.6	0.5	1.8	7
2014	6.2	2.5	0.5	1.8	7.2
2013	5.9	2.2	0.5	1.9	7.1
2012	6	2	0.6	1.8	7.5
2011	6.6	2	0.5	1.8	7.1
2010	6.4	2	0.5	1.7	7.2
2009	5.8	1.9	0.4	1.7	7.8
2008	5.7	1.8	0.4	1.9	6.1
2007	5.6	1.8	0.3	1.9	5.2
2006	5	1.8	0.4	1.8	4.7
2005	4.1	1.6	0.4	1.5	4.7
2004	3.7	1.4	0.3	1.4	4.2
2003	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.5	3.3
2002	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.6
2001	2	0.9	0.2	1.1	2
2000	1.6	0.8	-	1.1	1.3
1999	1.3	0.8	-	1.6	1.3

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Release date

January 2022

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United States

Survey time period

1999 to 2020

Supplementary notes

Prescription Opioids ICD-10 codes: T40.2-T40.3

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