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Data: CDC; Map: Brad Jennings/Axios; Note: "Change unknown" reflects the CDC withholding exact counts in counties with 1-9 deaths.

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A line chart that tracks provisional estimated U.S. drug overdose deaths from January 2015 to April 2025. Deaths rose from 47,523 in early 2015 to a peak of 111,466 in June 2023. Afterward, deaths declined to 73,690 by April 2025, showing a recent downward trend following years of increase.

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