Wyoming Overdose Prevention Funding

Key points

The CDC Injury Center prioritizes funding for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), overdose, and suicide. This page shows how funds were appropriated in the state of Wyoming in FY22.

State of Wyoming

Overdose prevention funding - Wyoming

There were 106,699 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2021 (32.4 deaths per 100,000 standard population), a 16% increase from 2020.1

Overdose deaths in Wyoming in 20212
  • 109
Overdose deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in Wyoming in 20212
  • 18.9

Total overdose prevention funding in Wyoming‎

CDC appropriated $74,500 for overdose prevention activities in the state of Wyoming in FY22.
Public Health and Public Safety
  • Overdose Response Strategy: $74,500*

*average award amount

  1. Spencer MR, Miniño AM, Warner M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 2001–2021. NCHS Data Brief, no 457. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:122556
  2. NVSS – Drug Overdose Deaths