Accidents and Accidental Drug Overdoses by Sex,
Black Michigan Residents 2000-2025

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 538 364 174 42 28 14 7.8 7.7 8.0
2001 501 314 187 36 21 15 7.2 6.7 8.0
2002 530 360 170 35 23 12 6.6 6.4 7.1
2003 478 310 168 40 25 15 8.4 8.1 8.9
2004 462 309 153 43 21 22 9.3 6.8 14.4
2005 447 301 146 64 42 22 14.3 14.0 15.1
2006 469 333 136 82 56 26 17.5 16.8 19.1
2007 518 350 168 57 39 18 11.0 11.1 10.7
2008 457 273 184 77 51 26 16.8 18.7 14.1
2009 551 362 189 102 71 31 18.5 19.6 16.4
2010 487 293 194 67 35 32 13.8 11.9 16.5
2011 514 318 196 78 45 33 15.2 14.2 16.8
2012 474 301 173 74 43 31 15.6 14.3 17.9
2013 562 366 196 100 71 29 17.8 19.4 14.8
2014 620 388 232 141 94 47 22.7 24.2 20.3
2015 653 441 212 180 124 56 27.6 28.1 26.4
2016 779 512 267 261 169 92 33.5 33.0 34.5
2017 895 618 277 342 235 107 38.2 38.0 38.6
2018 938 613 325 422 280 142 45.0 45.7 43.7
2019 933 611 322 424 298 126 45.4 48.8 39.1
2020 1,187 804 383 537 374 163 45.2 46.5 42.6
2021 1,368 929 439 651 450 201 47.6 48.4 45.8
2022 1,271 889 382 650 487 163 51.1 54.8 42.7
2023 1,270 914 356 693 517 176 54.6 56.6 49.4
2024 956 664 292 378 267 111 39.5 40.2 38.0
2025 947 633 314 289 195 94 30.5 30.8 29.9


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: 2000-2025 Michigan Death Files, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.