QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Rates of Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Heroin, by Race/Ethnicity - National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1999-2017
by from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on (#4QQR7)
From 1999 to 2005, the overall age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths involving heroin in the United States remained stable at approximately 0.7 deaths per 100,000 population.