THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC BY THE NUMBERS
2016 and 2017 Data

130+

11.4 m

42,249

2 million

2.1 million

17,087

886,000

19,413

81,000

15,469

People died every day
from opioid-related drug
overdoses3 (estimated)

People died from
  verdosing on opioids2
o

People had an opioid use
disorder1

People used heroin

1

People used heroin
for the first time1

People misused
prescription opioids1

People misused prescription
 opioids for the first time1

Deaths attributed to
overdosing on commonly
prescribed opioids2

Deaths attributed to
  verdosing on synthetic
o
opioids other than methadone2

Deaths attributed to
overdosing on heroin2

SOURCES
1.  2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Mortality in the United States, 2016
2.  NCHS Data Brief No. 293, December 2017
3.  NCHS, National Vital Statistics System. Estimates for 2017 and 2018 are based on provisional data.

Updated September 2018. For more information, visit: http://www.hhs.gov/opioids/