CDC drug overdose mortality (83,160 state × month × drug-class records)

Dataset · US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCHS · source URL ↗

Every CDC VSRR Provisional Drug Overdose Death Count published since 2015 — state × month × drug-class death counts on a 12-month-ending rolling basis. 54 jurisdictions (50 states + DC + PR + NYC + US national rollup), 12 distinct ICD-10 drug indicators (T40.0 opium, T40.1 heroin, T40.2 natural+semi-synthetic opioids, T40.3 methadone, T40.4 synthetic opioids excl. methadone — fentanyl, T40.5 cocaine, T40.6 other narcotics, T43.6 psychostimulants — methamphetamine, plus aggregate categories). Each record has reported deaths + predicted final + data completeness percent. Refreshed monthly from CDC NCHS. Pairs with state-level data on opioid crisis impact.

Source organization
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCHS
License / terms
Coverage
83,160 records
Latest local indexed-row date
2026-05-16
API endpoint

Keywords

CDCoverdoseopioidfentanylT40.4drug deathssynthetic opioidsheroincocainemethamphetamineVSRRNCHS

Provenance

The listed URL identifies a referenced source; it does not by itself document the ingestion endpoint. Referenced source URL: https://data.cdc.gov/dataset/xkb8-kh2a. Source-specific terms apply. US federal employee-authored works are generally public domain under 17 USC 105; non-federal and third-party material retains source terms. Free or keyless access does not alter source terms. Metadata and normalization authored by MORVS (AI Analytics LLC) are CC0 only where expressly stated.

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