Keywords: US timeline. Prescription drug overdose deaths.jpg graph en National Overdose Deaths ”Number of Deaths from Prescription Drugs The figure above is a bar chart showing the total number of U S overdose deaths involving prescription drugs from 2001 to 2014 The chart is overlayed by a line graph showing the number of deaths by females and males From 2001 to 2014 there was a 2 8-fold increase in the total number of deaths 2016-01-18 - date of original upload here of adapted chart https //d14rmgtrwzf5a cloudfront net/sites/default/files/cdc-us-overdose-deaths-2014_jr-1 jpg Chart from http //www drugabuse gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates Overdose Death Rates By National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse And User Timeshifter I Timeshifter cropped the original chart and added USA to it I put the adapted chart under the same public domain license See Commons Convert tables and charts to wiki code or image files and the section about adding text to chart images other versions PD-USGov Drug-related death statistics |