Drug overdose deaths in Pennsylvania

Fatal overdoses in Pennsylvania have increased since 2012, but are significantly down from peaks in 2017 and 2021. Preliminary data for 2024 suggests there were about 3,336 drug overdose deaths that year, and about three-quarters were opioid-related.

Line graph showing the growth and reduction in the number of fatal drug overdoses in Pennsylvania from 2012 to 2024.

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Chart: The Conversation, CC-BY-NDSource: Pennsylvania Office of Drug Surveillance and Misuse PreventionGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper