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| There were 112,024 overdose deaths in the 12-month period ending in May, compared with 109,261 in the 12-month period ending in May 2022, a 2.5% increase. |
| Dr. Katherine Keyes, a professor of epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, noted that the increase is leveling off. |
| “We still have an extraordinary number of overdose deaths that is orders of magnitude higher than we’ve seen in previous years,” she said. However, “the increase that we [saw] in 2021 has slowed down.” |
| Overdose deaths spiked 30% between 2019 and 2020 and rose another 15% between 2020 and 2021, according to the CDC. |
| “There were extraordinary increases in 2020 and 2021 that have started to flatten out in 2022 – now going into 2023. They’re not declining yet,” Keyes said. “But the pace of the increase is certainly slowing. |
| "So that is both good news and indicative of a continuing public health crisis.” |
| Keyes highlights that these small accumulation of overdose deaths are still putting 2023 on track to be another devastating year amid the drug epidemic. |
| “It’s still slightly higher than previous 12-month periods. So, it certainly still indicates just a devastating impact on population health,” she said. |
| Certain states – particularly in the western United States – have seen steep increases in deaths in comparison with national totals. |
| Washington had the highest increase: more than 37% from the year ending May 2022 to the year ending this May, from 2,373 to 3,254. |
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