File:US timeline. Opioid deaths.jpg

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English: From source (emphasis and links added): "Figure 3. National Overdose Deaths Involving Any Opioid—Number Among All Ages, by Gender, 1999-2021. The figure above is a bar and line graph showing the total number of U.S. overdose deaths involving any opioid from 1999 to 2021. Any opioid includes prescription opioids (natural and semi-synthetic opioids and methadone), heroin, and synthetic opioids other than methadone (primarily fentanyl)). Opioid-involved overdose deaths rose from 21,089 in 2010 to 47,600 in 2017 and remained steady through 2019. This was followed by a significant increase in 2020 with 68,630 reported deaths and again in 2021 with 80,411 reported overdose deaths. The bars are overlaid by lines showing the number of deaths by gender from 1999 to 2021 (Source: CDC WONDER).

Date 27 March 2017 - date of first upload to the Commons. See file history for dates of later uploads.

Source Overdose Death Rates. By National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Click images there to enlarge, and then right-click and "open image in new tab". 1999-2021 chart. 1999-2019 chart. 1999-2017 chart from PDF with larger version of chart. 2002-2017 chart. 2002-2015 chart.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:05, 24 September 2025	1,800 × 1,346 (111 KB)	RiverCastle	2023 update
	20:47, 28 May 2024	1,801 × 1,351 (152 KB)	RiverCastle	2022 update
	20:26, 12 July 2023	1,200 × 900 (179 KB)	Jmabel	uploaded newer version at User:Timeshifter's request
	00:02, 22 April 2021	1,118 × 706 (146 KB)	Timeshifter	Latest version.
	16:13, 17 August 2019	1,341 × 1,037 (244 KB)	Timeshifter	Removed outer white space. Added "USA" and border.
	17:19, 26 April 2019	1,000 × 750 (116 KB)	Natureium	Updated version as of Dec 2018
	15:54, 5 September 2018	806 × 573 (88 KB)	Timeshifter	new version
	13:51, 29 October 2017	848 × 629 (102 KB)	Timeshifter	Newer chart from same source.
	10:07, 27 March 2017	849 × 630 (104 KB)	Timeshifter	User created page with UploadWizard