Drug overdose deaths

RecordSTO-PQR0W5XRX8-JHY4A05NEK-4DZHJW

67,798
estimate

United States · 2025–2026

Drug overdose deaths in the United States were 67,798 in 2025–2026 (CDC).

Original source

Drug overdose deaths: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
CDC
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
RELEASE
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

The launch comes as the latest monthly provisional data from CDC's National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) predicts 67,798 drug overdose deaths in the United States during the 12 months ending in March 2026.

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APA

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2026). CDC Launches New Overdose Prevention Data Channel. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/cdc-launches-new-overdose-prevention-data-channel.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PQR0W5XRX8JHY4A05NEK4DZHJW

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MLA
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "CDC Launches New Overdose Prevention Data Channel." 2026, https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/cdc-launches-new-overdose-prevention-data-channel.html. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PQR0W5XRX8JHY4A05NEK4DZHJW.
Chicago
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "CDC Launches New Overdose Prevention Data Channel." 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/cdc-launches-new-overdose-prevention-data-channel.html. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PQR0W5XRX8JHY4A05NEK4DZHJW.
BibTeX
@misc{cdc2026drug4dzhjw, author = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}, title = {CDC Launches New Overdose Prevention Data Channel}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PQR0W5XRX8JHY4A05NEK4DZHJW}, note = {Original source: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/cdc-launches-new-overdose-prevention-data-channel.html. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-PQR0W5XRX8-JHY4A05NEK-4DZHJW T1 Official

Primary source

Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
CDC Launches New Overdose Prevention Data Channel
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
RELEASE
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_PQR0W5XRX8JHY4A05NEK4DZHJW