In 2016, the World Health Organization estimates 34 million people used<unk> s and 19 million used opiates. Of these, about 27 million people had<unk>  dependence, with the majority—but a decreasing number—using illicit heroin. In 2015, 118,000 people died from<unk>  use disorders, causing almost one third of all drug related deaths. United States Of the 70,200 overdose deaths in the US in 2017,<unk> s were involved in 47,600 with three male deaths for each woman death. This is an increase from 2016 where over 64,000 died from drug overdose, and<unk> s were involved in over 42,000. In 2017, the five states with the highest rates of death due to drug overdose were West Virginia (57.8 per 100,000), Ohio (46.3 per 100,000), Pennsylvania (44.3 per 100,000), Kentucky (37.2 per 100,000), and New Hampshire (37.0 per 100,000). Concerning the 2017 data in the charts below, deaths from the various drugs add up to more than 70,200 because multiple drugs are involved in many of the deaths. According to the National Safety Council, the lifetime odds of dying from an overdose in the United States is 1 in 96. Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. File:US timeline.<unk>  deaths.US yearly deaths from all<unk>  drugs. Included in this number are<unk>  analgesics, along with heroin and illicit synthetic<unk> s. File:US timeline. Deaths involving other synthetic<unk> s, predominately Fentanyl.US yearly deaths involving other synthetic<unk> s, predominately Fentanyl. File:US timeline. Prescription<unk>  pain reliever deaths.US yearly deaths involving prescription<unk> s. Non-methadone synthetics is a category dominated by illegally acquired fentanyl, and has been excluded. File:US timeline. Heroin deaths.US yearly overdose deaths involving heroin.
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