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Quantify changes in annual US drug overdose mortality rates overall and evaluate disparities across demographic groups and specific drug classes from 2003 through 2023.

November 26, 2024Open Access

Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2003–2023

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MGMatthew GarnettNational Vital Statistics System AMArialdi MiniñoCenters for Disease Control and Prevention MJMartin JoyceRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Surveillance analysis reports declining overall drug overdose mortality in the US population between 2022 and 2023, highlighting divergent trends across drug types and demographic groups.

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Quantify changes in annual US drug overdose mortality rates overall and evaluate disparities across demographic groups and specific drug classes from 2003 through 2023.
Analyzed national US mortality surveillance data spanning 2003 through 2023.
Calculated age-adjusted drug overdose death rates overall, stratified by age group, race and Hispanic origin, and involvement of specific drug categories.
The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths decreased from 32.6 per 100,000 standard population in 2022 to 31.3 in 2023, with declines in populations aged 15–54 and non-Hispanic White individuals, but increases among adults aged 55 and older.
Mortality rates declined for deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone, heroin, and natural/semisynthetic opioids, while methadone-involved rates remained statistically unchanged.
Overdose death rates increased by 4.9% for cocaine (from 8.2 to 8.6 per 100,000) and by 1.9% for psychostimulants with abuse potential (from 10.4 to 10.6 per 100,000) between 2022 and 2023.

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Garnett et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7681b447a5ff6a2b8a6df https://doi.org/10.15620/cdc/170565

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Surveillance analysis reports declining overall drug overdose mortality in the US population between 2022 and 2023, highlighting divergent trends across drug types and demographic groups.

Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2003–2023

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