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U.S. Drug Overdose Rates Over Time

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First published: Thursday September 23rd, 2021

The rate of drug overdoses in the U.S. has increased by huge amounts in recent decades.

Sources: 1, 2

Death rate = deaths per 100,000 people

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Year	Rate
1968	2.5
1969	3
1970	3.5
1971	3.3
1972	3.2
1973	3
1974	3
1975	3.3
1976	3.1
1977	2.8
1978	2.5
1979	1.1
1980	1.1
1981	1.2
1982	1.2
1983	1.2
1984	1.4
1985	1.5
1986	1.7
1987	1.6
1988	2
1989	2
1990	1.8
1991	2.1
1992	2.3
1993	2.8
1994	3
1995	3
1996	3.1
1997	3.3
1998	3.6
1999	6
2000	6.2
2001	6.8
2002	8.2
2003	8.9
2004	9.4
2005	10.1
2006	11.5
2007	12
2008	12
2009	12.1
2010	12.4
2011	13.3
2012	13.2
2013	13.9
2014	14.8
2015	16.3
2016	19.7
2017	21.6
2018	20.6
2019	21.5
2020	28.2

5 Comments

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Level ∞

Sep 23, 2021

In 2020, there were 93,331 overdose deaths in the United States. Maybe the war on drugs wasn't such a bad thing after all?

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Level 55

Oct 9, 2021

? It has literally just reached its highest point ever...

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Level 52

Dec 8, 2022

No, the war on drugs probably caused this more than it stopped it.

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Level 79

Dec 19, 2023

yikes

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Level 64

Sep 2, 2025

"Become a statistic" except it's getting a little too real

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