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Maine Drug Data Hub

The Maine Drug Data Hub is the State of Maine’s one stop shop for substance use and substance use disorder data. The website is developed and managed by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. Contained on the website are newly released monthly overdose reports as well as quarterly and annual drug death reports compiled by Dr. Marcella Sorg. Please visit: www.mainedrugdata.org for the most up-to-date and complete data regarding fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses in the state of Maine. 

Drug Overdose Deaths in Maine

Purpose and Methodology:

This website provides a summary of statistics regarding drug fatalities in Maine. Data for this website were collected at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner. A drug death is identified when one or more drugs are mentioned on the death certificate as a cause or significant contributing factor for the death. These data do not include deaths caused by alcohol only. 

*Note: this website is under development and will eventually feature an interactive Tableau data dashboard.

For more drug data in Maine, please visit the Maine Drug Data Hub, a collaboration between the University of Maine and various state departments and offices.

Drug Overdose Deaths Occurring in Maine by Year Including Totals for Deaths Caused by Pharmaceutical and Non-Pharmaceutical (Illicit) Drugs, 1997-2020

 
Year Total Pharmaceutical Illicit
1997 34 30 8
1998 54 47 18
1999 66 60 13
2000 60 51 15
2001 90 74 31
2002 165 149 35
2003 153 129 47
2004 162 141 50
2005 176 139 61
2006 167 134 59
2007 154 136 49
2008 164 155 30
2009 179 163 22
2010 167 160 19
2011 155 142 19
2012 163 140 40
2013 176 147 46
2014 208 173 91
2015 272 183 166
2016 376 231 259
2017 417 253 305
2018 354 198 257
2019 380 246 268
2020 504  332 399
Number of drug-induced deaths in Maine, with subtotals for deaths caused by any pharmaceutical drugs and for deaths caused by any illicit (non-pharmaceutical) drugs. Most deaths are caused by more than one drug. Pharmaceutical and illicit drugs may be combined to cause death.

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