Deaths from Drug Overdose in the United States in 2015
"During 2015, drug overdoses accounted for 52,404 U.S. deaths, including 33,091 (63.1%) that involved an opioid. There has been progress in preventing methadone deaths, and death rates declined by 9.1%. However, rates of deaths involving other opioids, specifically heroin and synthetic opioids other than methadone (likely driven primarily by illicitly manufactured fentanyl) (2,3), increased sharply overall and across many states."
Source:
Rudd RA, Seth P, David F, Scholl L. Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths โ United States, 2010โ2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;65:1445โ1452. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm655051e1