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U.S. death rate from prescription opioid overdose from 1999 to 2023, by race/ethnicity (per 100,000 population)

Characteristic	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Asian, non-Hispanic*	Hispanic	American Indian/Alaskan Native, non-Hispanic
2023	4.7	3.9	0.4	2.1	5.4
2022	5.5	4.5	0.6	2.3	5.3
2021	6.3	4.9	0.5	2.5	7.4
2020	6.3	4.7	0.5	2.5	6.5
2019	5.5	3.5	0.4	2	5.4
2018	6	3.3	0.4	2	4.7
2017	6.9	3.5	-	2.2	7.2
2016	7	3.3	-	2.1	6.5
2015	6.4	2.6	-	1.8	7
2014	6.2	2.5	-	1.8	7.2
2013	5.9	2.2	-	1.9	7.1
2012	6	2	-	1.8	7.5
2011	6.6	2	-	1.8	7.1
2010	6.4	2	-	1.7	7.2
2009	5.8	1.9	-	1.7	7.8
2008	5.7	1.8	-	1.9	6.1
2007	5.6	1.8	-	1.9	5.2
2006	5	1.8	-	1.8	4.7
2005	4.1	1.6	-	1.5	4.7
2004	3.7	1.4	-	1.4	4.2
2003	3.2	1.1	-	1.5	3.3
2002	2.8	1.2	-	1.4	2.6
2001	2	0.9	-	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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January 2025

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North America, United States

Survey time period

1999 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Prescription Opioids ICD-10 codes: T40.2-T40.3
* Prior to 2018, mortlity data for Asian and Pacific Islander populations were combined.

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In 2023, American Indians and Alaskan Natives had a death rate from prescription opioids of 5.4 per 100,000 population, making them the ethnicity with the highest rate in the United States. They were followed by people of white ethnicity and people of black ethnicity with rates of 4.7 and 3.9, respectively.

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