Death Statistics for Types of Drug abuse
Deaths and Drug abuse:
This section presents information about the death rate statistics
for the various types of Drug abuse.
Death Statistics for Types of Drug abuse
Disease | Death Rate Estimate | US deaths estimate | Statistic Used for Calculation |
| Drug abuse (overall) |
approx 1 in 14,239 or 0.01% or 19,102 people in USA |
19,102 |
more than 4 million women need treatment for drug abuse (NWHIC)
|
| alcoholism |
approx 1 in 18 or 5.55% or 15.1 million people in USA |
estimated 15.1 million people: 15.1 million alcohol-abusing or alcohol-dependent individuals and 4.6 million are women (NWHIC); nearly 14 million Americans (NIAAA) |
estimated 15.1 million people: 15.1 million alcohol-abusing or alcohol-dependent individuals and 4.6 million are women (NWHIC); nearly 14 million Americans (NIAAA)
|
| marijuana |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| nicotine addiction |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| heroin addiction |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| barbiturates |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| benzodiazepine abuse |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| cocaine |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| opioids |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| opium alkaloids |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| amphetamines |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| ectasy |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
Death Statistics for Drug abuse
Deaths and Drug abuse:
19,102 persons died of drug-induced causes in 1999 USA (NVSR Sep 2001)
Deaths Rate:
approx 1 in 14,239 or 0.01% or 19,102 people in USA
Types of Drug abuse
For more information about types of Drug abuse,
refer to our section on types of Drug abuse.
See also more information on death information for Drug abuse.
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