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Coverage dated May 13, 2025

US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

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The previous largest one-year drop was 4% in 2018.

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  1. The Daily Caller

    Drug Overdose Deaths Fall To Lowest Levels Since 2019 (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. declined to their lowest annual level since 2019 in 2024, according to preliminary data from the CDC.

  2. KIII Corpus Christi

    US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen (opens KIII Corpus Christi)

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    The previous largest one-year drop was 4% in 2018.

  3. NBC10 Philadelphia

    U.S. overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded, the CDC said Wednesday.

  4. The Oregonian

    Fatal overdoses in the U.S. see largest 1-year decline ever recorded (opens The Oregonian)

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    While an estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to the CDC, that’s down 27% from 2023.

  5. Los Angeles Times

    U.S. overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

  6. WHDH Boston

    US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.An estimated 80,000 people died

  7. CNN

    US drug overdose deaths saw an unprecedented drop in 2024, but federal cuts could threaten momentum (opens CNN)

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    Drug overdose deaths in the United States made an unprecedented drop to the lowest they’ve been in five years, according to a new federal government estimate released Wednesday.

  8. NBC News

    U.S. overdose deaths fell 27% last year but remain above prepandemic levels (opens NBC News)

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    There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

  9. Maine Public

    The U.S. saw largest 1 year decline in overdose deaths, Maine reported a 20% decline (opens Maine Public)

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    Overdose deaths in the U.S. last year were down by 27% from the year before — the largest such decline ever recorded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  10. Washington Examiner

    US overdose deaths dropped by 27% in 2024 (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Around 80,000 people died from an overdose last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data — down 27% from 110,000 in 2023.

  11. The Guardian

    US overdose deaths fell 27% in 2024 in largest one-year decline ever (opens The Guardian)

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    Number of people who died from overdoses last year was down 27% from the previous year

  12. WMUR

    CDC reports 27% decline in overdose deaths last year (opens WMUR)

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    U.S. drug overdose deaths fell by 27% in 2024, the biggest one-year decline ever recorded.

  13. CBS News

    U.S. drug overdose deaths dropped sharply in 2024, the largest one-year decline ever recorded (opens CBS News)

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    There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

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