Every CDC VSRR Provisional Drug Overdose Death Count published since 2015 — state × month × drug-class death counts on a 12-month-ending rolling basis. 54 jurisdictions (50 states + DC + PR + NYC + US national rollup), 12 distinct ICD-10 drug indicators (T40.0 opium, T40.1 heroin, T40.2 natural+semi-synthetic opioids, T40.3 methadone, T40.4 synthetic opioids excl. methadone — fentanyl, T40.5 cocaine, T40.6 other narcotics, T43.6 psychostimulants — methamphetamine, plus aggregate categories). Each record has reported deaths + predicted final + data completeness percent. Refreshed monthly from CDC NCHS. Pairs with state-level data on opioid crisis impact.

Live API

This dataset is served via a live REST API at api.ai-analytics.org. The card you're reading exists so HuggingFace's index can route AI agents + researchers to the canonical source.

API endpoint: https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/cdc/overdose/recent
Dataset landing page: https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/cdc-overdose
DataCatalog (JSON-LD): https://api.ai-analytics.org/.well-known/dataset.json
DCAT-US (data.gov-compatible): https://api.ai-analytics.org/data.json

Quick start

# Recent records (JSON)
curl 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/cdc/overdose/recent?limit=10'

# Browse on the web
open 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/cdc-overdose'

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

This dataset is also accessible via MCP at https://api.ai-analytics.org/mcp — Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP-compatible agents can call it directly.

Source

Agency: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCHS
Primary source: https://data.cdc.gov/dataset/xkb8-kh2a
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (derived data). Underlying federal works are US public domain under 5 USC 105 / 17 USC 105.
Update cadence: Per agency (most refresh daily via Cloudflare Cron Trigger)

Keywords

CDC, overdose, opioid, fentanyl, T40.4, drug deaths, synthetic opioids, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, VSRR, NCHS

Citation

@misc{ai_analytics_cdc_overdose_2026,
  title  = {{name}},
  author = {AI Analytics},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/cdc-overdose},
  note   = {Derived from US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCHS. License: CC0 1.0.}
}

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CDC drug overdose mortality (83,160 state × month × drug-class records)