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Over 80 Thousand People Died From Opioid Drug Overdoses in 2021
| Claim: | Over 80 Thousand People Died From Opioid Drug Overdoses in 2021 |
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| Finding: | According to data published by the NIH (nih.gov), the total number of reported deaths due to opioid overdose (including fentanyl) for the year of 2021 |
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According to data published by the NIH (nih.gov), the total number of reported deaths due to opioid overdose (including fentanyl) for the year of 2021 was:
80,411
They describe the graph below with the following text:
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
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