Death rate due to prescription opioid overdose U.S. 2015-2016, by age
This statistic shows the annual death rate for prescription opioid overdose deaths in the United States in 2015 and 2016, by age. According to the data, in 2016 those aged between 45 and 54 years had the highest prescription opioid-related overdose death rate at 10.1 per 100,000 population.