Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Analytics
Drug Related Deaths by Year,
Nevada Residents, 2000-2017*

Drug Related Deaths, Drug Used:

Year
Opioids Heroin Cocaine Methamphetamines
2000 142 39 79 23
2001 164 24 60 18
2002 188 39 60 44
2003 209 32 85 38
2004 248 27 81 67
2005 284 45 88 63
2006 309 33 83 68
2007 329 40 88 49
2008 363 30 74 49
2009 424 22 63 70
2010* 423 19 47 80
2011* 429 40 44 112
2012* 406 42 40 102
2013* 351 48 54 134
2014* 315 61 25 124
2015* 343 79 39 165
2016* 318 79 37 219
2017* 289 83 43 236

*Data are preliminary and subjects to changes.

A person can be included in more than one drug group, and therefore the counts above are not mutually exclusive.
Deaths with any of the following ICD-10 codes as an underlying cause of death were first selected:
X40-X44 Accidental poisonings by drugs
X60-X64 Intentional self poisoning by drugs
X85 Assault by drug poisoning
Y10-Y14 Drug poisoning of underdetermined intent
Then the following axis (contributing causes of death) ICD-10 Codes are included in these data:
Opioids: T40.2 Natural and semi-synthetic opioids
T40.3 Methadone
T40.4 Synthetic opioids
T40.6 Other and unspecified opioids

T40.0 Opium There have been 0 deaths related to Opium.

T40.1 Heroin
T40.5 Cocaine
T43.6 Psychostimulants (Methamphetamines)

Data Source: Electronic Death Registry System

Provide by JT on 2/21/2018