How many drug overdose deaths happen every year in South Dakota?
Data updated July 19, 2024
95 overdose deaths in 2022. For every 100,000 people in South Dakota, 10 died of a drug overdose. This was the second highest the drug overdose death rate had been in the state since data from 2000 became available.
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Unadjusted data about the nation is a useful starting point, but age-adjusted data tells a more complete story. Age-adjusting accounts for differences in age distributions across populations, which is crucial when comparing health outcomes since age is a major risk factor for many conditions. This adjustment enables fairer comparisons of mortality rates between different groups or over time. The rest of the data on this page is age-adjusted.
In 2022, South Dakota had a drug overdose death rate lower than the US rate overall, nearly 65% lower. The drug overdose death rate in South Dakota increased in 11 of the last 22 years for which data is available. The overdose death rate has increased 64% since 2018 and 64% since 2013.
In 2022, South Dakota had a drug overdose death rate lower than the US rate.
Drug-involved overdose deaths in South Dakota, age-adjusted rate per 100,000 people
The rise in drug overdose deaths nationally has been due to growing use of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, however, this may vary by state. In 2022, methamphetamine was involved in more overdose deaths than any other drug, making up 45% of total overdose deaths in South Dakota. The rates of drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids increased 1.6 times between 2019 and 2022. Similarly, the rates for methamphetamine increased 1.6 times between 2017 and 2022.
In 2022, methamphetamine was involved in more overdose deaths than any other drug.
Drug-involved overdose deaths in South Dakota, age-adjusted rate per 100,000 people
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Although drug overdose deaths are on the rise, they affect geographic areas differently. In 2022, the death rate for overdoses in South Dakota ranged from 12 per 100,000 in Minnehaha County to 18 per 100,000 in Pennington County.
Occasionally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will mark data as either suppressed or unreliable. Suppression occurs when data does not meet confidentiality requirements. As a result, data may not be available for every county in this state. Age-adjusted data is also not available at the county level. County-level tables reflect the most recent year of available data.
Drug-involved overdose deaths per 100,000 people (2022)
| 1. | Pennington County | 18.3 |
| 2. | Minnehaha County | 12.3 |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics and National Center for Health Statistics
