Accidents and Accidental Drug Overdoses by Sex,
White Michigan Residents 2000-2022

Numbers and Drug Overdoses as Percent of Accidents

Year Accidents Accidental Opioid
Drug Overdoses		 Percentage of Accidents
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
2000 2,650 1,685 965 81 70 11 3.1 4.2 1.1
2001 2,691 1,711 980 87 68 19 3.2 4.0 1.9
2002 2,662 1,666 996 101 79 22 3.8 4.7 2.2
2003 2,747 1,707 1,040 124 84 40 4.5 4.9 3.8
2004 2,539 1,549 990 170 119 51 6.7 7.7 5.2
2005 2,659 1,647 1,012 289 200 89 10.9 12.1 8.8
2006 2,823 1,786 1,037 387 268 119 13.7 15.0 11.5
2007 2,910 1,782 1,128 349 246 103 12.0 13.8 9.1
2008 2,930 1,821 1,109 422 289 133 14.4 15.9 12.0
2009 2,881 1,797 1,084 470 332 138 16.3 18.5 12.7
2010 3,159 1,943 1,216 495 345 150 15.7 17.8 12.3
2011 3,262 2,016 1,246 484 325 159 14.8 16.1 12.8
2012 3,220 1,950 1,270 488 322 166 15.2 16.5 13.1
2013 3,538 2,153 1,385 673 436 237 19.0 20.3 17.1
2014 3,646 2,225 1,421 752 510 242 20.6 22.9 17.0
2015 3,787 2,325 1,462 982 658 324 25.9 28.3 22.2
2016 4,401 2,756 1,645 1,296 904 392 29.4 32.8 23.8
2017 4,657 2,863 1,794 1,472 979 493 31.6 34.2 27.5
2018 4,457 2,721 1,736 1,393 923 470 31.3 33.9 27.1
2019 4,257 2,671 1,586 1,158 803 355 27.2 30.1 22.4
2020 4,629 2,908 1,721 1,380 977 403 29.8 33.6 23.4
2021 4,949 3,153 1,796 1,468 1,019 449 29.7 32.3 25.0
2022 4,826 3,107 1,719 1,332 941 391 27.6 30.3 22.7


Note: Accidents are deaths with an underlying cause of death of ICD-10 codes: V01-X59 or Y85-Y86. Accidental drug overdoses are accidental poisoning deaths (underlying cause of death X40-X44) with a related cause of death that mentions heroin, prescription opioids or other synthetic opioids (ICD-10 T40.0-T40.4, T40.6)

Source: 2000-2022 Michigan Death Files, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.