How many people die of drug overdoses in the US each year?

64,433 people died of a drug overdose in the United States in the 12 months ending Jun 2026, as the CDC counts them from death certificates. The count is provisional and the CDC revises it upward.

Where does the $OD number come from?

Tickerz reads it from CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts. Monthly, about four months late. Each number is kept as it was first published, with a timestamped proof, and any later revision is shown beside it.

Can I download the $OD data?

Yes, free and with no key: the full history as JSON at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/od and every period as CSV at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/od/history.csv.

$OD

US overdose deaths

64,4332.0% downon the month before

deaths in Jun 2026Down 36% from 100,569 in Jun 2021 · Lowest on record

Counts harm to people. Published, never called.

Next print

Likely 63,434 for Jul 2026, and between 62,757 and 63,769 eight times in ten. Track record

How it is counted

Normal70,405 to 79,714

Highest93,193Jul 2024

Unusual months0

Counts: Drug overdose deaths in the United States in the 12 months ending each month, as the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics counts them from death certificates. Provisional: the newest months are incomplete and the CDC revises them upward.
Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts
Terms: US government work, public domain.
Cadence: Monthly, about four months late. Newest complete month Jun 2026. Read Nov 12, 20:40 UTC.
Baseline: The prior 24 months, 12 needed.

Who pays and who collects

Who pays

$5.92B

McKesson, Cardinal Health and Cencora (Distributor settlement)

Distributor settlement money paid to states and localities, paid out through Sep 1 2026. Source

over $51.6BCompanies in the national opioid settlementsTotal of the finalized settlements, per the administrator, committed over the life of the settlements. Source
$2.71BJanssen (Janssen settlement)Janssen settlement money paid to states and localities, paid out through Sep 1 2026. Source
$44.13BUS federal government, all drug controlNational Drug Control Budget, all agencies, fiscal year 2026, enacted. Source
$22.35BUS federal government, drug treatmentTreatment part of the National Drug Control Budget, fiscal year 2026, enacted. Source

Who collects

$8.63B

State and local governments, Distributor and Janssen settlements

Paid to 49 states' beneficiaries, per the administrator's dashboard, paid through Sep 1 2026. Source

more than $15BState and local governments, all national settlementsPaid out to 5,475 beneficiaries, per the administrator, to date, page read Nov 12 2026, no date on the page. Source
$226.1MEmergent BioSolutions (Narcan and Kloxxado)Naloxone product sales, net, year to Dec 31 2025. Source

Amounts paid or received only, as each document states them. The table does not show what the money was spent on, private insurance or family spending on treatment, or settlements outside the national agreements.

Quote this number

64,433 people died of a drug overdose in the United States in the 12 months ending Jun 2026, according to provisional CDC figures kept by Tickerz.

Source: Tickerz $OD (US overdose deaths), from CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts.tickerz.com/x/od

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How many people die of drug overdoses in the US each year?: 64,433 people died of a drug overdose in the United States in the 12 months ending Jun 2026, as the CDC counts them from death certificates. The count is provisional and the CDC revises it upward.
Where does the $OD number come from?: Tickerz reads it from CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts. Monthly, about four months late. Each number is kept as it was first published, with a timestamped proof, and any later revision is shown beside it.
Can I download the $OD data?: Yes, free and with no key: the full history as JSON at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/od and every period as CSV at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/od/history.csv.

List it

No listing kit for $OD yet. A kit sets its strikes from 14 published numbers. This index publishes one a month and has none yet.

Resolution

Index

$OD US overdose deaths. Rulebook v0.2, 2026-10-04.

Prints

Monthly, about four months late. The newest complete month is on the record after the daily proof at 12:40 UTC.

As first published

Jun 2026 is not timestamped yet. The daily proof at 12:40 UTC adds it.

The number as first published is final for settlement. A revision by the source is shown beside it and never replaces it.

Fallback

A month that has not been published stays open. The CDC revises recent months as certificates arrive, and the revision is shown beside the number as first published. A month the CDC never publishes is void.

Precision

Whole deaths in the 12 months ending the month, the reported count, not the CDC's model estimate.

Cost to move

Not possible. The count is of death certificates filed with the states.

Grade

reference, see only. A federal count from death certificates. See only: Tickerz publishes it and takes no call on it.

For a rulebook

None. $OD counts harm to people and is see only.

As first published

None on file yet.

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Proof and data

Proof: Every reading is timestamped in Bitcoin once a day, so nobody can change it later. The newest proof covers Nov 12, in Bitcoin block 975,557.Proof file Live feed How it works
Data: The full history, free, no key.JSON CSV API docs

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