The ODH Violence and Injury Prevention Section (VIPS) collects and utilizes surveillance data to inform prevention programs with the goal of reducing overdose-related fatalities.
In 2007, unintentional drug poisoning became the leading cause of injury death, surpassing motor vehicle crashes for the first time on record. This trend has continued through 2020.
2020 surpassed 2017 as the highest year for unintentional drug overdose deaths, with 5,017 deaths. This was a 3% increase over 2017 and a 25% increase over 2019.
In 2020:
The unintentional drug overdose death rate for Black non-Hispanics (55.2 deaths per 100,000 population) surpassed the rate for white non-Hispanics (46.8 deaths per 100,000 population).
Black non-Hispanic males had the highest drug overdose death rate compared with other sex and race/ethnicity groups.
Fentanyl was involved in 81% of overdose deaths in 2020, often in combination with other drugs. That percentage was up from 76% in 2019, 73% in 2018, and 71% in 2017.
Fentanyl was involved in 83% of all heroin-related overdose deaths, 80% of all cocaine-related overdose deaths, and 79% of all psychostimulant/methamphetamine-related overdose deaths. Carfentanil was involved in 161 fentanyl-related overdose deaths in 2020 compared with 508 and in 2019.
c/o: The ODH Violence and Injury Prevention Section (VIPS) https://odh.ohio.gov/know-our-programs/violence-injury-prevention-program/drug-overdose/
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