Revised February 2018
Opioid-Related Overdose Death Rates (per 100,000 people)1
State | Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths/100,0001(2016) | Opioid Prescriptions/100 persons2 (2015) |
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43.40 | 110.00 |
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35.80 | 66.60 |
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32.90 | 85.80 |
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30.00 | 65.60 |
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30.00 | 70.00 |
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29.70 | 59.90 |
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26.70 | 69.40 |
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25.20 | 70.00 |
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24.50 | 64.00 |
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23.60 | 97.00 |
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18.50 | 96.10 |
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18.50 | 81.10 |
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18.40 | 62.00 |
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18.10 | 118.30 |
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17.50 | 70.00 |
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16.90 | 80.00 |
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16.40 | 73.10 |
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16.00 | 55.00 |
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15.90 | 90.00 |
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15.80 | 69.10 |
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15.40 | 86.80 |
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15.30 | 60.00 |
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15.10 | 51.30 |
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14.40 | 62.80 |
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13.50 | 70.00 |
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13.30 | 83.00 |
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13.10 | 109.00 |
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12.60 | 109.10 |
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12.50 | 57.00 |
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11.60 | 101.70 |
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11.40 | 70.50 |
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9.70 | 68.20 |
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9.50 | 64.70 |
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8.80 | 77.10 |
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8.70 | 65.30 |
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7.70 | 103.20 |
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7.60 | 60.00 |
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7.60 | 78.10 |
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7.50 | 120.30 |
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7.40 | 76.40 |
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7.40 | 54.20 |
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6.20 | 68.00 |
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6.20 | 107.50 |
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5.90 | 111.20 |
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5.20 | 45.30 |
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5.10 | 86.20 |
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5.00 | 67.80 |
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4.90 | 47.90 |
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4.90 | 58.00 |
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4.20 | 90.00 |
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2.40 | 72.80 |
- 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.
- Xponent, IMS Health, Plymouth Meeting, PA Copyright 2016 as published by the Medical Association of Georgia State and National Totals of Filled Prescriptions-All Opioid Analgesics.
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