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Overdose mortality rates involving heroin among adults aged 45-64, United States, 1999-2018. Heroin is an illicit opioid synthesized from morphine. Mortality rates may be unreliable when the death count is <20. The following subgroups had death counts <20 for the years specified: non-Hispanic Black women (1999-2001) and Hispanic/Latina women (1999-2007 and 2009-2010). Data source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research.19
