Opioid use disorder deaths by sex in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Opioid use disorder deaths by sex was 0.01 deaths in 2021. ▼ Falling
Opioid use disorder deaths by sex in Saint Lucia, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.
Analysis
The most recent figure for opioid use disorder deaths by sex in Saint Lucia is 0.01 deaths, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, opioid use disorder deaths by sex in Saint Lucia peaked at 0.02 deaths in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.01 deaths, in 2002.
That places Saint Lucia 159th out of 194 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Opioid use disorder deaths by sex in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.02 deaths | — |
| 2001 | 0.02 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.01 deaths | -50.0% |
| 2003 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.012 deaths | 0.01 deaths | 0.02 deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.01 deaths | 0.01 deaths | 0.01 deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.01 deaths | 0.01 deaths | 0.01 deaths | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is opioid use disorder deaths by sex in Saint Lucia?
- Opioid use disorder deaths by sex in Saint Lucia was 0.01 deaths in 2021, according to World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest opioid use disorder deaths by sex recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.02 deaths in 2000.
- What is the lowest opioid use disorder deaths by sex recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 deaths in 2002.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for opioid use disorder deaths by sex?
- Saint Lucia ranks 159th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is opioid use disorder deaths by sex rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Opioid use disorder deaths by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Estimated number of deaths from opioid use disorders in females.