Question: Opioid pain relievers are prescribed at a higher rate in the United States than in any other nation, yet abuse of these pain relievers can result in addiction and fatal overdoses. The CDC examined opioid pain reliever prescriptions in each U.S. state to determine how variable prescription rates are across the nation. The following time plot gives the number of deaths from opioid pain relievers from 2001 to 2014.
What was the number of deaths in 2007?