Projected U.S. opioid overdose deaths from 2016-2025 under select scenarios 2019
It is projected that if the opioid overdose crisis stabilizes by the year 2020 there will be around 700,400 overdose deaths from prescription and illicit opioids from 2016 to 2025. If the crisis does not stabilize until the year 2025 it is predicted that overdose deaths due to illicit opioids will reach a total of over 1 million from 2016 to 2025.