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VSRR Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) National Center for Health Statistics

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Project Citation: 

National Center for Health Statistics. VSRR Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-11-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/E240705V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title VSRR Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts
Summary:  View help for Summary This data presents provisional counts for drug overdose deaths based on a current flow of mortality data in the National Vital Statistics System. Counts for the most recent final annual data are provided for comparison. National provisional counts include deaths occurring within the 50 states and the District of Columbia as of the date specified and may not include all deaths that occurred during a given time period. Provisional counts are often incomplete and causes of death may be pending investigation resulting in an underestimate relative to final counts. To address this, methods were developed to adjust provisional counts for reporting delays by generating a set of predicted provisional counts.

Several data quality metrics, including the percent completeness in overall death reporting, percentage of deaths with cause of death pending further investigation, and the percentage of drug overdose deaths with specific drugs or drug classes reported are included to aid in interpretation of provisional data as these measures are related to the accuracy of provisional counts. Reporting of the specific drugs and drug classes involved in drug overdose deaths varies by jurisdiction, and comparisons of death rates involving specific drugs across selected jurisdictions should not be made. Provisional data presented will be updated on a monthly basis as additional records are received.

For more information please visit: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://data.cdc.gov/National-Center-for-Health-Statistics/VSRR-Provisional-Drug-Overdose-Death-Counts/xkb8-kh2a/about_data

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms deaths; drug overdose; MORTALITY; united states; nchs; heroin; cocaine; methadone; opiate; opioid; psychostimulants; nvss; vsrr; provisional
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2018 – 2025


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