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Fentanyl DEA Data 2015  

Fentanyl Data 2015

The number of states reporting large numbers of fentanyl encounters substantially increased from 2014 to 2015, with 8 states reporting more than 500 encounters in 2015 compared to 2 states in 2014 and zero states in 2013. 


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DEA 2015 DATA


Fentanyl Facts

  • The number of fentanyl encounters more than doubled in the US from 5,343 in 2014 to 13,882 in 2015.

  • 13 states reported that fentanyl encounters grew by 100 or more from 2014 to 2015, with rapid increases reported in the Northeast (New Hampshire and Massachusetts) and Midwest (Ohio) and with additional patterns developing in the South 

  • 2015 Rates of fentanyl encounters per 100,000 state residents identified states with higher levels of fentanyl supply per resident. Extremely high rates (>20) were found for Ohio, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

  • The steady increase in fentanyl encounters from 2013 to 2015 indicates that the supply of fentanyl, primarily illicitly-made fentanyl, continues to increase primarily east of the Mississippi with small increases west of the Mississippi.

Fentanyl DEA Data 2010 - 2015 Fentanyl DEA Data by Region 2015

Fentanyl  - 2010 - 2015

Fentanyl  - 2015 by Region
Fentanyl DEA Data 2015 Fentanyl DEA Data 2014 

  Fentanyl - 2015

Fentanyl - 2014
 Fentanyl DEA Data 2010 - 2015

      The analysis has the following limitations:

  • Fentanyl drug report numbers and rates will vary across states and time periods due to differences and changes in law enforcement activity and percentage of drug cases submitted for laboratory testing.
  • Ratios of fentanyl involved deaths to fentanyl encounters will vary substantially across states
  • Fentanyl drug report rates may better capture changes in supply than numbers in smaller states.
  • Fentanyl encounters do not distinguish between prescription fentanyl and illicitly-made fentanyl, but illicitly-made fentanyl has been reported as the primary driver for increases in both fentanyl encounters and fatal fentanyl-involved overdoses.
 

  Fentanyl  2014 - 2015

Data Limitations 

 Source: Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Center for Disease Control (CDC)

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