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U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S., 12 months ending each month

66,478 in May 2026the lowest since 2017+18,622 since Jan 2015
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U.S. recessionsShades the months the NBER dates as recession. U.S. charts only.5-year rangeThe highest and lowest readings of the last five years, as a band. One-series charts only.High and lowMarks the highest and lowest readings in the window shown.
Current·Data to May 2026

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Provisional CDC counts, which are revised as death records are completed.

Deaths from drug overdoses over each rolling 12-month period, from the CDC. Most are tied to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.

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Sources

US Drug Overdose Deaths (12-Month Ending, Provisional). Source: CDC / National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics Rapid Release, dataset xkb8-kh2a on data.cdc.gov. Public domain.

Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.

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