SUDORS Dashboard: Fatal Drug Overdose Data

What to know

  • The data below come from CDC's State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS).
  • SUDORS collects data on unintentional and undetermined intent drug overdose deaths from death certificates, medical examiner or coroner reports, and postmortem toxicology results.
  • States and local jurisdictions are increasingly better informed by systems like SUDORS, which presents comprehensive information on the characteristics and circumstances surrounding drug overdose deaths to inform prevention and response efforts.
Man looking at SUDORS dashboard on laptop computer.

About this dashboard

On this dashboard you can:

  • View final SUDORS data and download a dataset with annual counts, percentages, and rates (per 100,000 persons) overall and by jurisdiction. Final data represent annual data that have undergone full quality control. Please see the "Important Data Considerations" section on the final data page for further details on which jurisdictions are included in this dashboard and other important information on SUDORS data.
  • View preliminary SUDORS data counts and percentage estimates for the most recent SUDORS reporting period(s). Preliminary data represent more recent periods of data that have not yet completed quality control. Please see the "Important Data Considerations" section on the preliminary data page for a description of preliminary data and other important information on SUDORS data.
  • View the accessible version of this dashboard.

Data page selection: The dashboard defaults to the final data page. Click on "View Preliminary Data" to switch to the preliminary version of the dashboard. While on the preliminary data page, click on "View Final Data" to switch back to the final data page.

View data: Click on the box labeled "View data for" to select from a drop-down list of options. For each year, data can be viewed overall or by jurisdiction. Included jurisdictions may differ between years.

  • These drop-down lists are available in each section of the dashboard.
  • Selecting a jurisdiction from the drop-down list filters all data in the dashboard to the selected jurisdiction. Selecting a year from the drop-down list filters all data in the dashboard to the selected year. If both a jurisdiction and a year are selected, all data in the dashboard will be filtered to the selected jurisdiction and year.
  • The dashboard can also be filtered by jurisdiction by clicking on a specific jurisdiction's bar in the graph titled "Rate of overdose deaths by jurisdiction and select drug or drug class" or by clicking on a specific jurisdiction in the map of drugs of interest detected. Click the bar or jurisdiction again to clear your selection.

Data Summary at a Glance:

  • Click on "deaths by quarter" to jump to monthly trends in overdose deaths.
  • Click on "potential opportunity for intervention" to jump to circumstances surrounding overdose deaths.

Drug selection in the graph titled "Rate of overdose deaths by jurisdiction and select drug or drug class": Click on the box with a specific drug or drug class to change the graph to show the rate of overdose deaths that involved the selected drug or drug class. Only this graph will responsively adjust to your selection.

Drug and metric (i.e., count or percent) selection in section title "Where were select drugs of interest detected in drug overdose deaths": Select a drug or drug class of interest from the drop-down menu to view data for a specific drug or drug class. Select one of the radio buttons to view counts or percentages of deaths with the selected drug or drug class detected, by jurisdiction. Only the map will responsively adjust to your selection.

Metric (i.e., rate or percent) selection in section titled "Who died of a drug overdose": Select one of the radio buttons to view rates per 100,000 persons or percentages in the graphs by sex, by race/ethnicity, by age, and by age and sex. Only these four graphs will responsively adjust to your selection.

Circumstance selection in section titled "What were the circumstances surrounding overdose deaths": Select a grouping of circumstances from the drop-down menu to show percentages of deaths involving selected circumstances within the grouping.

On the preliminary dashboard page, only overall data are available for the most recent reporting period(s). Individual jurisdictions or years cannot be selected for preliminary data. Hover over each data point to view the 95% confidence interval for the percentage.

Fatal drug overdose data

You are viewing Final Data. View Preliminary Data

Final Data updated December 12, 2024; Preliminary Data updated February 13, 2025

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2023 Data Summary at a Glance, Overall (38 jurisdictions)

68,239total overdose deaths
deaths by quarter in 2023
65.9% had at least one potential opportunity for intervention1

What drugs were involved in overdose deaths in 2023, Overall (38 jurisdictions)?

Rate2 of overdose deaths by jurisdiction and select drug or drug class

6.911.915.321.522.022.723.023.026.927.628.028.628.829.830.330.931.832.533.534.235.936.837.337.639.740.740.740.941.541.541.942.447.347.648.352.653.879.5100.3NebraskaIowaMontanaUtahKansasMinnesotaHawaiiGeorgiaIllinoisVirginiaMichiganWisconsinColoradoNew JerseyNew YorkNew HampshireMissouriIndianaOverallMassachusettsOklahomaConnecticutPennsylvaniaRhode IslandMarylandVermontArizonaOhioOregonNevadaMaineWashingtonNew MexicoKentuckyAlaskaTennesseeDelawareWest VirginiaDC0102030405060708090100110120Age-adjusted rate of occurrent deaths per 100,000 resident population

Scale of the chart may change based on the data presented

Percentages10 of overdose deaths involving select drugs and drug classes in 2023, Overall (38 jurisdictions)

81.4% of deaths involved at least one opioid and 61.8% involved at least one stimulant. Illegally-made fentanyls were the most commonly involved opioids. The most common stimulant involved in overdose deaths was cocaine.

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Any opioids

Illegally-made fentanyls

Heroin

Prescription opioids

Any stimulants

Cocaine

Methamphetamine

Any non-opioid sedatives

Benzodiazepines

Percentages of overdose deaths involving the most common opioids and stimulants alone or in combination11 in 2023, Overall (38 jurisdictions)

The five most frequently occurring opioids and stimulants, alone or in combination, accounted for 73.5% of overdose deaths. The specific breakdown is represented below.

5.7%Cocaine, no other stimulants or opioids8.5%Methamphetamine, no other stimulants or opioids15.1%Illegally-made fentanyls and methamphetamine19.2%Illegally-made fentanyls and cocaine25.0%Illegally-made fentanyls, no other opioids or stimulants

Distribution of overdose deaths by opioid and stimulant involvement in 2023, Overall (38 jurisdictions)

The largest percentage of deaths involved opioids and stimulants, while 3.3% of overdose deaths involved neither opioids nor stimulants.

46.5%34.8%15.3%0%50%100%
Opioids and stimulantsOpioids and no stimulantsStimulants and no opioidsNeither opioids nor stimulants

Where were select drugs of interest detected12 in drug overdose deaths in 2023, Overall (38 jurisdictions)?

Metric:

Overall (38 jurisdictions): 168 deaths
MERIVTOKSCDCWVCAKSKYMDMONENMNCTNIANVNJSDOHWYVADEFLNHHITXALAZGALAMSUTCOARIDORILPAINNYWAWIMAMIMNMTNDAKCT

Analyses of drugs detected are restricted to deaths with an available toxicology report.

How many drug overdose deaths occurred each month in 2023, Overall (38 jurisdictions)?

01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000CountJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Scale of the chart may change based on the data presented


Who died of a drug overdose in 2023,
Overall (38 jurisdictions)?19

71.6% of people who died of a drug overdose were male, 25.9% were 35–44 years old, and 61.3% were White, non-Hispanic. The largest percentage of males were aged 35–44 and the largest percentage of females were aged 35–44. Male, 35–44, and American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic race had the highest overdose death rates.

Metric:

By Sex
19.048.2MaleFemale
By Race/Ethnicity
30.231.224.224.163.74.570.4HispanicWhiteNH/PIMulti-raceBlackAsianAI/AN
By Age (In Years)
< 1515–2425–3435–4445–5455–6465+0.612.647.265.258.853.213.8
By Age and Sex
< 1515–2425–3435–4445–5455–6465+0.716.767.192.483.978.123.00.58.426.737.633.829.36.3
MaleFemale


What were the circumstances20 surrounding overdose deaths in 2023, Overall (38 jurisdictions)?

View data for:
65.9%
of drug overdose deaths had at least one potential opportunity for intervention
6.9%Current treatment for substance use disorder(s)218.1%Fatal drug use witnessed28.7%Evidence of a mental health diagnosis42.6%Potential bystander present2213.5%Prior overdose9.0%Decedent was recently released from institutional setting23

Circumstance percentages are only among decedents with sufficient information on circumstances surrounding the overdose death.

Download Data (XLSX)

Suggested citations

Suggested citation for final data:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS). Final Data. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; [INSERT YEAR, MONTH, DAY]. Access at: https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/sudors-dashboard-fatal-overdose-data.html

Suggested citation for preliminary data:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS). Preliminary Data. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; [INSERT YEAR, MONTH, DAY]. Access at: https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/sudors-dashboard-fatal-overdose-data.html

SUDORS Dashboard: Fatal Drug Overdose Data – Accessible Version