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FENTANYL: Side Effect Reports by Year

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Year-by-year breakdown of FAERS adverse event reports for FENTANYL. Total: 94,485 reports.

Year Reports Deaths Hospitalizations Death Rate
2000 249 208 10 83.5%
2001 204 172 17 84.3%
2002 284 227 44 79.9%
2003 301 237 34 78.7%
2004 421 351 35 83.4%
2005 481 386 42 80.2%
2006 577 426 55 73.8%
2007 817 684 46 83.7%
2008 878 759 44 86.4%
2009 1,094 886 123 81.0%
2010 1,679 1,375 113 81.9%
2011 1,562 1,311 84 83.9%
2012 1,811 1,551 96 85.6%
2013 2,537 1,728 201 68.1%
2014 4,165 2,133 513 51.2%
2015 5,403 2,955 557 54.7%
2016 5,287 2,814 648 53.2%
2017 3,193 1,388 548 43.5%
2018 1,952 785 559 40.2%
2019 1,568 633 527 40.4%
2020 1,692 865 545 51.1%
2021 1,231 707 404 57.4%
2022 615 176 240 28.6%
2023 629 341 187 54.2%
2024 331 64 103 19.3%
2025 213 10 54 4.7%
Total 94,485 42,491 15,153 45.0%

FDA approval date: Approved Prior to Jan 1, 1982.

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