US drug overdose deaths by state
US drug overdose deaths by state - latest 12-month CDC provisional counts for fentanyl, opioids, heroin, cocaine and meth, with year-on-year change
Answeringour last check, 2026-10-20
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Endpoint
GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/health/overdose-deaths
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | saylorinnovations.com |
| Networks | eip155:137, eip155:42161, eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 0 from 0 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.01 | 5503 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"drug": "synthetic_opioids",
"months": "6",
"state": "TX"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"drug": {
"description": "optional all (default), opioids, synthetic_opioids, heroin, natural_opioids, methadone, cocaine or psychostimulants",
"type": "string"
},
"months": {
"description": "optional number of most recent monthly points, 1-60, default 12",
"type": "string"
},
"state": {
"description": "optional US state as TX or Texas, or US for the national total (default US)",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"change_vs_year_earlier_percent": {
"description": "Percent change of the latest count against a year earlier; negative means deaths fell",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"data_complete_percent": {
"description": "Share of expected death records already received for the latest period",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"deaths_year_earlier": {
"description": "The same 12-month count one year before the latest period",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"drug": {
"description": "Drug group requested: all, opioids, synthetic_opioids, heroin, natural_opioids, methadone, cocaine or psychostimulants",
"type": "string"
},
"drug_label": {
"description": "Plain-language name of that drug group, including the main drug behind it",
"type": "string"
},
"latest_deaths": {
"description": "Deaths in the latest 12-month window; the predicted figure when the CDC has one, otherwise the reported count",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"latest_period_end": {
"description": "Most recent month in the series (YYYY-MM); the 12-month window ends here",
"type": "string"
},
"measure": {
"description": "What each number counts: deaths in the 12 months ending at that month",
"type": "string"
},
"note": {
"description": "How to read the figures and when they are suppressed",
"type": "string"
},
"periods": {
"description": "Number of monthly points returned",
"type": "number"
},
"series": {
"description": "Monthly points, newest first",
"items": {
"properties": {
"percent_complete": {
"description": "Share of expected records received for that month",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"period_end": {
"description": "Month the 12-month window ends (YYYY-MM)",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"predicted_deaths": {
"description": "CDC estimate adjusted for reports still pending",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"reported_deaths": {
"description": "Count actually received by the CDC; null when suppressed for small numbers",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"source": {
"description": "Dataset the numbers come from and its license",
"type": "string"
},
"state": {
"description": "2-letter state code, or US for the national total",
"type": "string"
},
"state_name": {
"description": "Full jurisdiction name",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"state",
"drug",
"latest_period_end",
"series"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "json",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}