SLIDE 6 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
- pioid analgesic 4,030 4,400 5,528 7,456
8,517 9,857 10,928 13,723 14,408 14,800 15,597 16,651 16,917 16,007 16,235 cocaine 3,822 3,544 3,833 4,599 5,199 5,443 6,208 7,448 6,512 5,129 4,350 4,183 4,681 4,404 4,944 heroin* 1,963 1,843 1,784 2,092 2,084 1,879 2,010 2,089 2,402 3,041 3,278 3,036 4,397 5,927 8,260
Number of Deaths
Drug Poisoning Deaths Involving Opioid Analgesics, Cocaine, and Heroin: United States, 1999–2013
% CHANGE 2010 to 2013
+18% + 172%
Note: Not all drug poisoning deaths specify the drug(s) involved, and a death may involve more than one specific
- substance. The rise in 2005-2006 in opioid deaths is related to non-pharmaceutical fentanyl (see
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5729a1.htm). *Heroin includes opium. 1/2015
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2012 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2014. Data for 1999 to 2012 were extracted by ONDCP on November 20, 2014. Data for 2013 are from unpublished analysis by NCHS December 30, 2014). 6