AMERICAS |
Number of drug-related deaths, mortality rates per million persons aged 15-64 years and ranking of drugs as primary cause of death
(2016 or latest year available)
Region/Sub-Region/Country |
Source |
Year |
National |
Number |
Reference |
Rate** |
Ranking of drugs as primary cause of death |
Fatal |
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Cannabis |
Opioids |
Cocaine |
ATS |
Tranqui- |
Halluci- |
Solvents |
Other |
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Argentina |
ARQ |
2015 |
Y |
286 |
27,734,296 |
10.31 |
6.99% |
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Bahamas |
ARQ |
2007 |
Y |
2 |
235,536 |
8.49 |
0.00% |
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Brazil |
ARQ |
2015 |
Y |
481 |
143,204,007 |
3.36 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
|
|
Canada |
ARQ |
2016 |
Y |
2458 |
24,479,805 |
100.41 |
|
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Costa Rica |
ARQ |
2010 |
Y |
21 |
3,089,117 |
6.80 |
57.00% |
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Dominican Republic |
ARQ |
2008 |
N |
135 |
- |
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
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Ecuador |
ARQ |
2014 |
Y |
17 |
10,197,616 |
1.67 |
|
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El Salvador |
CICAD |
2016 |
N |
1 |
|
|
|
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Honduras |
ARQ |
2015 |
N |
1 |
- |
|
1 |
100.00% |
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Mexico |
ARQ |
2015 |
Y |
504 |
83,145,725 |
6.06 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
|
|
Nicaragua |
ARQ |
2014 |
Y |
11 |
3,879,978 |
2.84 |
|
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Panama |
ARQ |
2012 |
Y |
1 |
2,425,439 |
0.41 |
1 |
|
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Paraguay |
ARQ |
2016 |
N |
1 |
2,000,000 |
0.50 |
|
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Peru |
ARQ |
2011 |
Y |
42 |
19,248,172 |
2.18 |
1 |
|
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Trinidad and Tobago |
ARQ |
2009 |
Y |
3 |
940,242 |
3.19 |
1 |
|
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United States of America |
ARQ |
2015 |
Y |
63,632 |
211,622,891 |
300.69 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
100.00% |
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Uruguay |
ARQ |
2015 |
Y |
264 |
2,201,356 |
119.93 |
1 |
|
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Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
ARQ |
2010 |
N |
197 |
3,562,634 |
55.30 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
39.09% |
* Reference population refers to the population aged 15-64 sourced from the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Population Prospects 2015 Revision, or the reference population as specified in the ARQ for sub-populations.
** Unless an age breakdown of drug-related deaths is available, rate is calculated using the reported total number of drug-related deaths, based on the assumption that drug-related deaths occur mainly within the 15-64 age bracket.