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The rates of overdose deaths have sharply increased over the past 17 years. The following data has been sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
35%
of all opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. involved prescription opioids in 2017.
218,000
people died in the U.S. from prescription opioid-related overdoses from 1999-2017.
Prescription opioids include natural opioids, semi-synthetic opioids and methadone that are prescribed as pain medication or to help treat opioid use disorders.
Methadone, oxycodone, and hydrocodone are the most common drugs involved in prescription opioid overdose.
183% increase in the Racine County overdose mortality rate between 2000 and 2017
72% of all overdose deaths in Racine County from 2000 to 2017 were associated with opioid use
