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English: From source: "Figure 2. National Drug-Involved Overdose Deaths by Specific Category—Number Among All Ages, 1999-2021. Overall, drug overdose deaths rose from 2019 to 2021 with more than 106,000 drug overdose deaths reported in 2021. Deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (primarily fentanyl) continued to rise with 70,601 overdose deaths reported in 2021. Those involving stimulants, including cocaine or psychostimulants with abuse potential (primarily methamphetamine), also continued to increase with 32,537 overdose deaths in 2021 (Source: CDC WONDER)." |
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Source | Overdose Death Rates. By National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). See links section near the bottom of the page for the latest data link, and a PowerPoint link. See also CDC's searchable database, called CDC Wonder. 1999-2021 chart. 1999-2020 chart. 1999-2019 chart. 1999-2017 chart from PDF with larger version of chart. 1999-2017 provisional chart. 2000-2016 chart. |
Author | National Institute on Drug Abuse. On some versions of the chart here on the Commons User:Timeshifter used freeware IrfanView to crop out the outer white space, edit text at the top, and add a border. See Commons:Convert tables and charts to wiki code or image files, and the section about adding and editing text on chart images. |
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