---
language:
- en
pretty_name: 'DQS Drug overdose death rates, by drug type, sex, age, race, and Hispanic
  origin: United States from CDC WONDER'
tags:
- hhs
- cdc
- asian
- men
- opioid
- white
- women
---

# DQS Drug overdose death rates, by drug type, sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin: United States from CDC WONDER

## Description

Data on drug overdose death rates in the United States, by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, and drug type. Data are from Health, United States. SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality File.
Search, visualize, and download these and other estimates from over 120 health topics with the NCHS Data Query System (DQS), available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/dataquery/index.htm.

## Dataset Details

- **Publisher**: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- **Temporal Coverage**: 1999/2021
- **Last Modified**: 2025-04-21
- **Contact**: National Center for Health Statistics (healthus@cdc.gov)

## Source

Original data can be found at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus

## Usage

You can load this dataset using:

```python
from datasets import load_dataset
 dataset = load_dataset('HHS-Official/dqs-drug-overdose-death-rates-by-drug-type-sex-age')
```
## License

This dataset is licensed under https://www.usa.gov/government-works