Opiod Overdose Deaths & Prescription Rates by State

Opioid Overdose Deaths and Prescription Rates by State OPIOID-INVOLVED OVERDOSE DEATHS PER 100,000 PEOPLE IN EACH STATE IN 2017* <10 10-20 20-30 30-40 >40 WA 9.6 VT 20.0 ME 29.9 MT ND 11.7 OR 9.2 NH 34.0 8.1 MN ID SD 7.8 NY 14.4 WI MA 28.2 WY 8.5 16.9 MI 16.1 12.2 21.2 RI 26.9 NV NE IA PA 6.9 44.3 NJ 30.0 13.3 UT 8.1 IL IN ОН |Ст 27.7 CA 17.2 29.4 CO 10.0 15.5 39.2 5.3 DE 37.0 KS MO VA 49.6 KY 27.9 11.8 16.5 14.8 MD 32.2 NC AZ TN 19.8 OK 10.2 13.5 NM 19.3 AR 15.5 DC 34.7 16.7 SC 15.5 MS AL GA 9.7 12.2 18.0 TX LA 5.1 24.5 FL AK HI 25.1 13.9 3.4 120 OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS PER 100 PEOPLE IN EACH STATE 90 60 30 RATE OF OPIOID-RELATED OVERDOSE DEATHS OVER TIME The five states with the highest rate of overdose deaths per 100,000 people, compared to the United States average. 50 Pennsylvania West Virginia 45 Delaware 44.3 New Hampshire 43.4 40 Ohio United States 37.0 35.8 32.9 30 21.7 20 15 10 2000 2001 2002 2011 2012 Data only available through 2016 for New Hampshire, Ohio, and West Virginia. 2016 PW Parker Waichman LLP A NATIONAL LAW FIRM The statistics for Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming include overall drug overdose deaths because the specific opioid overdose rate is unknown. The majority of drug overdose deaths are caused by opioids. Sources: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids/opioid-summaries-by-state https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/index.html https://www.nih.gov/ 107.2 105.4 94.4 92.9 89.5 88.1 86.8 81.3 79.3 DEATHS PER 100,000 PEOPLE 74.2 O'7 73.0 72.0 71.8 6'0L 70.3 666 8'69 68.3 66.1 63.8 63.5 61.2 61.1 60.9 2003 57.7 57.2 56.6 56.4 56.4 2004 2005 55.7 9007 2007 53.1 52.9 52.8 52.6 52.0 51.7 51.2 51.1 50.5 2008 6007 2010 0'60 48.0 44.2 41.5 O't 40.1 39.5 2013 8'ZE O'LE 2014 28.5 2015 2017