Accidents and Accidental Drug Overdoses by Sex,
White Michigan Residents 2000-2023

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 3,155 1,941 1,214 494 344 150 15.7 17.7 12.4
2011 3,259 2,013 1,246 484 325 159 14.9 16.1 12.8
2012 3,212 1,946 1,266 487 321 166 15.2 16.5 13.1
2013 3,523 2,145 1,378 667 435 232 18.9 20.3 16.8
2014 3,624 2,212 1,412 744 506 238 20.5 22.9 16.9
2015 3,767 2,310 1,457 972 650 322 25.8 28.1 22.1
2016 4,370 2,734 1,636 1,288 896 392 29.5 32.8 24.0
2017 4,622 2,840 1,782 1,450 964 486 31.4 33.9 27.3
2018 4,426 2,701 1,725 1,379 913 466 31.2 33.8 27.0
2019 4,236 2,658 1,578 1,150 798 352 27.1 30.0 22.3
2020 4,620 2,899 1,721 1,378 974 404 29.8 33.6 23.5
2021 4,918 3,132 1,786 1,453 1,008 445 29.5 32.2 24.9
2022 4,826 3,107 1,719 1,332 941 391 27.6 30.3 22.7
2023 4,322 2,678 1,643 1,103 748 355 25.5 27.9 21.6


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