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.

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

19,102 persons died of drug-induced causes in 1999 USA (NVSR Sep 2001)

approx 1 in 14,239 or 0.01% or 19,102 people in USA

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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