Drug Overdose Deaths Top 103,000, Slightly Down From 2021

Drug overdose deaths totaled 103,550 in the 12-month period ending November 2022, according to provisional data released by the CDC.

This figure is 3,004 lower than the number of drug overdose deaths reported in the previous period ending November 2021.

Wyoming, New Hampshire, and Washington experienced the largest surge in predicted drug overdose deaths between these two periods, growing by 23.71, 16.95, and 16.2 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Nebraska witnessed the largest drop in predicted drug overdose deaths between these two periods, falling by 19.23, 10.52, and 9.33 percent, respectively.

Read more here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.html