Annual lost productivity costs due to opioid-attributable deaths

In 2020-adjusted dollars. Shaded area is inferred based on reported deaths

Data for 2007 to 2020 from Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms report. 2021 to 2024 derived by applying CSUCH historical average cost-per-death to federally reported opioid-toxicity deaths.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL Source: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, Public Health Agency of Canada