A serious undertaking to track and understand the synthetic opioid crisis
The fentanyl crisis in the United States is a profound tragedy that touches every corner of our country. This project began from a personal need to understand the scale of this epidemic. I had heard how devastating fentanyl was, but I didn't know if the situation was improving or worsening, or how it impacted different states on a per-capita basis.
Upon searching for answers, I found it difficult to find granular, state-level, month-by-month cleaned data from a single official source. While there are excellent local dashboards, a comprehensive national view that is both accessible and regularly updated was not easily available. To bridge this gap, I wanted to make the raw data and clear visualizations available to everyone—surfacing accurate information that refreshes automatically.
We must never lose sight of the fact that every statistic in these datasets represents a human life lost too soon. Each death is a heartbreak for families, friends, and communities. This project is a serious effort to honor those lives by providing the clarity needed to understand and, hopefully, get this crisis under control so that our loved ones are not taken from us too early.
Browse, filter, and export the latest mortality data.
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We are currently developing a Python-based interactive dashboard using Streamlit/Plotly.
Stay tuned for detailed visualizations and trend analysis.