This report uses the most recent data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to update statistics on deaths from drug overdose in the United States, showing rates by demographic group and by specific types of drugs involved (such as opioids or stimulants), with a focus on changes from 2019 to 2020.

This report uses the most recent data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to update statistics on deaths from drug overdose in the United States, showing rates by demographic group and by specific types of drugs involved (such as opioids or stimulants), with a focus on changes from 2019 to 2020.

Data Brief describing trends in suicide deaths by specific means.

Along with a decrease in the per capita death rate, the major mechanisms of patient's deaths changed substantively over the decade 1992-2002; there was a shift from intentional injuries to transport-related deaths as the predominant etiology of trauma related deaths. Recognition of such injury patterns will direct future injury-prevention efforts and coordination of citywide trauma care.

This report uses the most recent data from the National Vital Statistics System to update statistics on deaths from drug overdose in the United States. It shows rates by demographic groups and types of drugs involved, with a focus on changes from 2020 through 2021.