Dataset
Alcohol and drug use disorders deaths
owid.deaths-from-substance-disorders
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About
Estimated number of deaths from substance use disorders.
Cite as: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Total number of deaths from substance use disorders – 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
- License
- Not redistributable (Our World in Data marks the source's terms as restricting reuse)
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-from-substance-disorders
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| value__metric_number__age_all_ages__cause_substance_use_disorders | number | Total number of deaths from substance use disorders (deaths) |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |