Number of Opioid Drug Overdoses by Sex,
Black Michigan Residents 2000-2023

Year All Opioids1 Prescription Opioids2 Heroin3 Synthetic Opioids other
than Methadone4
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
2000 51 32 19 13 4 9 34 25 9 2 2 –
2001 45 24 21 15 4 11 24 18 6 4 1 3
2002 45 26 19 16 9 7 25 17 8 7 2 5
2003 47 30 17 18 11 7 23 18 5 – – –
2004 51 26 25 23 9 14 22 14 8 1 1 –
2005 73 46 27 27 13 14 43 31 12 9 4 5
2006 91 58 33 30 17 13 36 25 11 47 30 17
2007 62 41 21 26 12 14 29 25 4 4 2 2
2008 84 55 29 37 22 15 40 28 12 4 3 1
2009 109 73 36 45 21 24 56 45 11 8 5 3
2010 81 43 38 39 16 23 35 26 9 6 – 6
2011 83 48 35 32 15 17 40 25 15 7 3 4
2012 79 45 34 48 22 26 31 26 5 6 1 5
2013 106 72 34 41 19 22 60 47 13 10 5 5
2014 151 96 55 56 21 35 86 69 17 33 21 12
2015 188 125 63 61 35 26 107 74 33 86 62 24
2016 271 173 98 84 44 40 129 88 41 162 110 52
2017 348 238 110 65 34 31 159 117 42 270 189 81
2018 425 282 143 88 51 37 150 97 53 355 245 110
2019 433 307 126 65 38 27 148 104 44 388 282 106
2020 555 385 170 78 44 34 119 85 34 519 364 155
2021 703 490 213 88 57 31 68 49 19 662 464 198
2022 706 527 179 58 33 25 60 48 12 675 509 166
2023 768 569 199 46 26 20 26 20 6 748 559 189

Opioid deaths: Summing of categories will result in more than the number of all opioid drug overdoses. Categories of deaths are not exclusive as deaths might involve more than one drug.

1Opioid drug overdoses are those with an underlying cause of death defined by the ICD-10 codes: X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, and Y10-Y14; these overdoses must have a related cause of death of T40.0-T40.4 or T40.6.

2Prescription overdoses available by prescription only, with any of the following ICD-10 codes listed as a related cause of death: T40.2-T40.3. This list includes both prescription opioid pain relievers (e.g., hydrocodone, oxycodone, and morphine) and opioids used to treat addiction (e.g., methadone).

3Heroin overdoses are drug overdoses with related cause death codes T40.1.

4Fentanyl & Other Synthetic Opioid are drug overdoses with related cause of death code T40.4.

A dash ("–") indicates quantity zero.

Source: 2000-2023 Michigan Death Files, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.