Table 1.
Opioid-involved overdose deaths by specific drugs with and without synthetic opioids, US, 2014–2019.
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # Opioid-involved fatal overdoses (T40.0, T40.1, T40.2, T40.3, T40.4, T40.6) | 28,723 | 33,204 | 42,435 | 47,885 | 47,096 | 50,179 |
| #(%) Heroin (T40.1) | 10,610 (36.9) | 13,051 (39.3) | 15,551 (36.6) | 15,594 (32.6) | 15,102 (32.1) | 14,116 (28.1) |
| #(%) Heroin (T40.1); no Synthetic Opioid (T40.4) | 9581 (33.4) | 10,358 (31.2) | 9745 (23.0) | 7444 (15.5) | 5981 (12.7) | 5313 (10.6) |
| #(%) Prescription Opioid (T40.2) | 12,187 (42.4) | 12,747 (38.4) | 14,534 (34.3) | 14,560 (30.4) | 12,620 (26.8) | 11,942 (23.8) |
| #(%) Prescription Opioid (T40.2); no Synthetic Opioid (T40.4) | 3181 (11.1) | 3030 (9.1) | 2828 (6.7) | 2423 (5.1) | 2138 (4.5) | 1775 (3.5) |
| #(%) Synthetic Opioid (T40.4) | 5561 (19.4) | 9610 (28.9) | 19,500 (46) | 28,660 (59.9) | 31,525 (66.9) | 36,603 (72.9) |
| #(%) Stimulant (T40.5, T43.6) | 5023 (17.5) | 6634 (20.0) | 10,302 (24.3) | 14,574 (30.4) | 16,314 (34.6) | 19,365 (38.6) |
| #(%) Cocaine (T40.5) | 3431 (11.9) | 4529 (13.6) | 7321 (17.3) | 10,218 (21.3) | 10,986 (23.3) | 12,108 (24.1) |
| #(%) Cocaine (T40.5); no Synthetic Opioid (T40.4) | 2798 (9.7) | 2979 (9.0) | 3101 (7.3) | 2906 (6.1) | 2253 (4.8) | 1875 (3.7) |
| #(%) Psychostimulant (T43.6) | 1813 (6.3) | 2366 (7.1) | 3446 (8.1) | 5239 (10.9) | 6466 (13.7) | 8716 (17.4) |
| #(%) Psychostimulant (T43.6); no Synthetic Opioid (T40.4) | 1536 (5.3) | 1871 (5.6) | 2398 (5.7) | 2678 (5.6) | 2831 (6.0) | 3106 (6.2) |
| #(%) Benzodiazepine (T42.4) | 6749 (23.5) | 7500 (22.6) | 9261 (21.8) | 10,038 (21.0) | 9166 (19.5) | 8330 (16.6) |
| #(%) Benzodiazepine (T42.4); no Synthetic Opioid (T40.4) | 5523 (19.2) | 5699 (17.2) | 5946 (14.0) | 5150 (10.8) | 4082 (8.7) | 3125 (6.2) |
Notes: Data are from the restricted-use, multiple cause-of-death mortality files from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) and cover all 50 states and DC. Drug categories are not mutually exclusive.