Age-adjusted drug overdose death rate, by race and Hispanic origin: United States, 2022 and 2023
National Center for Health Statistics
Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2003â2023
NCHS Data Brief No. 522, December 2024
Between 2022 and 2023, rates of drug overdose deaths increased for Black non-Hispanic and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander non-Hispanic people.
- For White non-Hispanic (subsequently, White) people, the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths was lower in 2023 than in 2022, decreasing by 7.0% from 35.6 deaths per 100,000 standard population to 33.1 (Figure 3, Table 3). Drug overdose death rates increased for Black non-Hispanic (subsequently, Black) people (47.5 to 48.9) and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander non-Hispanic (subsequently, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander) people (18.8 to 26.2) from 2022 to 2023.
- From 2022 to 2023, the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths did not significantly change for Asian non-Hispanic (subsequently, Asian) people (5.3 to 5.1), Hispanic people (22.7 to 22.8), and American Indian and Alaska Native non-Hispanic (subsequently, American Indian and Alaska Native) people (65.2 to 65.0).
- In both 2022 and 2023, the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths was highest for American Indian and Alaska Native people (65.2 and 65.0, respectively), and lowest for Asian people (5.3 and 5.1, respectively).
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander people experienced the largest percentage increase in the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths from 2022 to 2023, with the rate increasing 39.4%.
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