VSRR Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts by U.S. State and Month

Provisional counts of drug overdose deaths are provided monthly for the 50 U.S. states and District of Columbia. The data, from the National Vital Statistics System, includes predicted values to adjust for reporting delays and quality metrics like Percent Complete and Percent Pending Investigation. It is published by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics and was last updated on March 11, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in overdose deaths using Year, Month, and Period columns.
• Compare provisional and predicted mortality counts using Data Value and Predicted Value columns.
• Assess data quality and reporting completeness across states using Percent Complete and Percent Pending Investigation columns.
• Filter and aggregate overdose counts by geographic region using State Name and State columns.

Strengths

• Includes predicted values to adjust for reporting delays, improving trend analysis.
• Provides data quality metrics (Percent Complete, Percent Pending Investigation) for interpreting provisional counts.
• Covers all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
• Updated monthly with a last update timestamp of 2026-03-11.

Limitations

• Provisional counts are incomplete and may underestimate final death counts.
• Reporting of specific drugs involved varies by jurisdiction, limiting cross-state comparisons.
• Row count and total data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC.

Collection Method

Provisional mortality data flow, adjusted for reporting delays.

Freshness

Updated monthly; last updated 2026-03-11.

Geography

50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.