Opioid Summaries by State

2017 Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rates (per 100,000 people)¹

State Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Rates and Opioid Prescribing Levels

State	Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths/100,000 persons1 (2017)	Opioid Prescriptions/100 persons2 (2017)
West Virginia	49.6	81.3
Ohio	39.2	63.5
Washington D.C.	34.7	28.5
New Hampshire	34.0	52.8
Maryland	32.2	51.7
Maine	29.9	55.7
Massachusetts	28.2	40.1
Kentucky	27.9	86.8
Connecticut	27.7	48.0
Rhode Island	26.9	51.2
Michigan	21.2	74.0
Vermont	20.0	50.5
North Carolina	19.8	72.0
Tennessee	19.3	94.4
Illinois	17.2	51.1
Wisconsin	16.9	52.6
New Mexico	16.7	56.4
Missouri	16.5	71.8
New York	16.1	37.8
South Carolina	15.5	79.3
Utah	15.5	63.8
Virginia	14.8	52.9
Alaska	13.9	52.0
Arizona	13.5	61.2
Nevada	13.3	73.0
Oklahoma	10.2	88.1
Colorado	10.0	52.9
Georgia	9.7	70.9
Washington	9.6	57.2
Oregon	8.1	66.1
Minnesota	7.8	41.0
Iowa	6.9	56.4
California	5.3	39.5
Texas	5.1	53.1
Hawaii	3.4	37.0
*Not included - Did not meet inclusion criteria
Alabama	*	107.2
Arkansas	*	105.4
Delaware	*	68.3
Florida	*	60.9
Idaho	*	70.3
Indiana	*	74.2
Kansas	*	69.8
Louisiana	*	89.5
Mississippi	*	92.9
Montana	*	61.1
Nebraska	*	56.6
New Jersey	*	44.2
North Dakota	*	41.5
Pennsylvania	*	57.7
South Dakota	*	49.0
Wyoming	*	64.8

1. Opioid overdose deaths are identified using underlying cause-of-death codes X40–X44, X60–X64, X85, and Y10–Y14. Opioid overdose deaths as defined, that have T40.1 (Heroin), T40.2 (Other opioids), T40.3 (Methadone), T40.4 (Other synthetic narcotics), T40.6 (Other and unspecified narcotics) as a contributing cause. Age-adjusted death rates were calculated as deaths per 100,000 population using the direct method and the 2000 standard population. Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC WONDER.
2. The original source of the opioid prescribing rates is, IQVIA Xponent 2006–2017. The data source information and description can be accessed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S. Opioid Prescribing Rate Maps webpage.

Additional Data:

• 2018 NIDA Opioid Misuse and Addiction Related Funded Research in All States (NIH Project Reporter)