How many drug overdose deaths happen every year in Wyoming?
Data updated July 19, 2024
126 overdose deaths in 2022. For every 100,000 people in Wyoming, 22 died of drug overdose. This was the highest the drug overdose death rate had been in the state since data from 1999 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, Wyoming had a drug overdose death rate lower than the US rate overall, 33% lower. The drug overdose death rate in Wyoming increased in 16 of the last 23 years in which data was available. The overdose death rate increased 97% since 2018 and 27% since 2013.
In 2022, Wyoming had a drug overdose death rate lower than the US rate.
Drug-involved overdose deaths in Wyoming, 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, fentanyl and other synthetic opioids were involved in more overdose deaths than any other drug, making up approximately 48.4% of total overdose deaths in Wyoming. The rates of drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl and methamphetamine increased 2.3 times between 2020 and 2022 for fentanyl and between 2018 and 2022 for methamphetamine.
In 2022, fentanyl was involved in more overdose deaths than any other drug.
Drug-involved overdose deaths in Wyoming, age-adjusted rate per 100,000 people
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There is only one county with data available in Wyoming. The death rate for overdoses in Laramie County was 24 per 100,000 people.
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. | Laramie County | 23.8 |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics and National Center for Health Statistics
