LET THE SLIDE CONTINUE –
May 2025 – Annual drug overdose deaths are projected to reach their lowest level since 2019.
Almost all states across the nation saw decreases; Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., experienced declines of 35% or more.
The data will be featured in an interactive web data visualization that will be updated Wednesday, May 14. The 2024 data presented in this visualization are provisional—they are incomplete and subject to change as more 2024 data are submitted to the National Vital Statistics System.
The visualization includes:
Reported and predicted (estimated) provisional counts of deaths due to drug overdose occurring nationally and in each jurisdiction.
U.S. map of the percentage changes in provisional drug overdose deaths for the 12-month period ending in December 2024 compared with the 12-month period ending in December 2023, by jurisdiction.
Reported and predicted provisional counts of drug overdose deaths involving specific drugs or drug classes occurring nationally and in selected jurisdictions.
The latest update now includes provisional drug overdose death statistics for Puerto Rico; however, these figures are not reflected in the overall U.S. total.
