Drug Overdose Deaths among Kentucky Residents

Aged 19 and Younger, 1999–2022

May 16, 2023

Prepared by
Meghan Steel (meghansteel@uky.edu)
Lara Daniels (lara.daniels@uky.edu)

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Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC)
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Lexington, KY 40504
as bona fide agent for the Kentucky Department for Public Health

Suggested Citation
Steel, M., Daniels, L. (2023). Drug Overdose Deaths among Kentucky Residents Age 19
and Younger, 1999–2022. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center.

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Table 1: Numbers of all drug overdose deaths among Kentucky residents aged 19 and
younger by age group, 1999–2022

Age Group
Year Less Than 1 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19
1 Year
1999 0 0 0 0 <5
2000 0 0 0 0 12
2001 0 0 0 0 5
2002 <5 <5 0 0 15
2003 <5 <5 <5 0 16
2004 0 <5 <5 <5 15
2005 0 0 0 <5 22
2006 <5 <5 0 0 20
2007 <5 <5 0 0 9
2008 <5 0 0 0 14
2009 0 0 0 0 8
2010 <5 <5 0 0 16
2011 0 <5 <5 0 15
2012 0 0 0 <5 14
2013 0 0 0 0 <5
2014 <5 <5 0 0 9
2015 0 <5 <5 <5 15
2016 <5 <5 0 0 20
2017 0 0 0 <5 6
2018 0 0 0 0 10
2019 0 0 0 <5 7
2020 <5 0 <5 <5 17
2021 <5 <5 0 0 33
2022 0 5 <5 0 25
Numbers greater than zero but less than five have been suppressed in
accordance with state data management policy. Produced by the Kentucky Injury
Prevention and Research Center, as bona fide agent for the Kentucky
Department for Public Health. Data source: Kentucky Death Certificate Database,
Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Data
extracted May 2023. Data are provisional and subject to change.

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Table 2: Numbers of opioid overdose deaths among Kentucky residents aged 19 and
younger by age group, 1999–2022

Age Group
Year Less Than 1 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19
1 Year
1999 0 0 0 0 0
2000 0 0 0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 0 0
2002 <5 0 0 0 11
2003 0 <5 <5 0 10
2004 0 <5 0 0 8
2005 0 0 0 <5 10
2006 0 <5 0 0 14
2007 <5 0 0 0 <5
2008 0 0 0 0 7
2009 0 0 0 0 <5
2010 <5 <5 0 0 10
2011 0 <5 0 0 11
2012 0 0 0 <5 10
2013 0 0 0 0 <5
2014 <5 <5 0 0 6
2015 0 0 <5 <5 13
2016 0 <5 0 0 15
2017 0 0 0 0 <5
2018 0 0 0 0 8
2019 0 0 0 0 5
2020 <5 0 <5 0 16
2021 0 <5 0 0 28
2022 0 5 <5 0 21
Numbers greater than zero but less than five have been suppressed in
accordance with state data management policy. Produced by the Kentucky Injury
Prevention and Research Center, as bona fide agent for the Kentucky
Department for Public Health. Data source: Kentucky Death Certificate Database,
Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Data
extracted May 2023. Data are provisional and subject to change.

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Table 3: Numbers of fentanyl-involved drug overdose deaths among Kentucky residents
aged 19 and younger by age group, 1999–2022

Age Group
Year Less Than 1 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19
1 Year
1999 0 0 0 0 0
2000 0 0 0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 0 0
2002 0 0 0 0 0
2003 0 0 0 0 0
2004 0 0 0 0 0
2005 0 0 0 0 0
2006 0 0 0 0 0
2007 0 0 0 0 0
2008 0 0 0 0 0
2009 0 0 0 0 0
2010 0 0 0 0 0
2011 0 0 0 0 0
2012 0 0 0 0 <5
2013 0 0 0 0 0
2014 <5 0 0 0 <5
2015 0 0 0 0 <5
2016 0 0 0 0 6
2017 0 0 0 0 <5
2018 0 0 0 0 5
2019 0 0 0 0 <5
2020 <5 0 0 0 14
2021 0 <5 0 0 25
2022 0 5 <5 0 20
Numbers greater than zero but less than five have been suppressed in
accordance with state data management policy. Produced by the Kentucky Injury
Prevention and Research Center, as bona fide agent for the Kentucky
Department for Public Health. Data source: Kentucky Death Certificate Database,
Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Data
extracted May 2023. Data are provisional and subject to change.

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Definitions
Drug overdose deaths include events with an underlying cause of death code of X40–X44, X60–
X64, X85, or Y10–Y14. Drug overdose deaths involving an opioid also include a supplemental
cause of death code of T40.0–T40.4 or T40.6. Deaths involving fentanyl include events that also
have any supplemental cause of death code of T40.4 and a textual mention of fentanyl.

Data Source
Kentucky Death Certificate Database, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, Cabinet for Health and
Family Services.

Disclaimers
Data are provisional and subject to change. Numbers greater than zero but less than five have
been suppressed in accordance with state data management policy.

Produced by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center as bona fide agent for the
Kentucky Department for Public Health, May 2023. This report was supported by Cooperative
Agreement Number NU17CE924971, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily
represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.