Dataset

Alcohol and drug use disorders death rate

owid.death-rates-substance-disorders
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Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from substance use disorders, per 100,000 people.

Cite as: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Age-standardized deaths from substance use disorders per 100,000 people – IHME” [dataset]. IHME, Global Burden of Disease, “Global Burden of Disease – Deaths” [original data].

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Publisher
Our World in Data
Tier
Official
Covers
1980–2023
Places
Countries, regions and groups of the world
Updated
irregular
Last modified
2026-02-07
Units
deaths per 100,000 people
License
Not redistributable (Our World in Data marks the source's terms as restricting reuse)
Method
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rates-substance-disorders

Columns

NameTypeDescription
entitytextcountry, region or group
codetextISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions
yearinteger
value__metric_rate__age_age_standardized__cause_substance_use_disordersnumberAge-standardized deaths from substance use disorders per 100,000 people (deaths per 100,000 people)

Dimensions

NameValues
entity
year

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