Revised March 2019
2017 Opioid-Related Overdose Death Rates (per 100,000 people)1
Note - These summaries are being updated in phases. States with 2017 data reported in the table below have been updated.
| State | Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths/100,0001(2016) | Opioid Prescriptions/100 persons2 (2015) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2015 | |
 West Virginia
|
49.6 | 43.4 | 81.3 | 110.0 |
|
Ohio
|
32.9 | 85.8 | ||
|
Washington D.C.
|
30.0 | 70.0 | ||
|
New Hampshire
|
34.0 | 35.8 | 52.8 | 66.6 |
|
Maryland
|
32.2 | 30.0 | 51.7 | 65.6 |
|
Maine
|
25.2 | 70.0 | ||
|
Massachusetts
|
28.2 | 29.7 | 40.1 | 59.9 |
|
Kentucky
|
23.6 | 97.0 | ||
|
Delaware
|
16.9 | 80.0 | ||
 Connecticut
|
27.7 | 24.5 | 48.0 | 64.0 |
|
Rhode Island
|
26.9 | 26.7 | 51.2 | 69.4 |
|
New Jersey
|
22.0 | 16.0 | 44.2 | 55.0 |
|
Michigan
|
21.2 | 18.5 | 74.0 | 96.1 |
|
Pennsylvania
|
18.5 | 81.1 | ||
|
Vermont
|
18.4 | 62.0 | ||
|
North Carolina
|
15.4 | 86.8 | ||
|
Tennessee
|
19.3 | 18.1 | 94.4 | 118.3 |
 Indiana
|
12.6 | 109.1 | ||
|
Illinois
|
17.2 | 15.3 | 51.1 | 60.0 |
|
Wisconsin
|
8.7 | 15.8 | 52.6 | 69.1 |
|
New Mexico
|
17.5 | 70.0 | ||
|
Missouri
|
4.1 | 15.9 | 71.8 | 90.0 |
|
Florida
|
16.3 | 14.4 | 60.9 | 62.8 |
|
New York
|
15.1 | 51.3 | ||
|
South Carolina
|
15.5 | 13.1 | 79.3 | 109.0 |
|
Utah
|
16.4 | 73.1 | ||
 Virginia
|
13.5 | 70.0 | ||
|
Alaska
|
12.5 | 57.0 | ||
|
Arizona
|
11.4 | 70.5 | ||
|
Nevada
|
13.3 | 83.0 | ||
|
Oklahoma
|
10.2 | 11.6 | 88.1 | 101.7 |
|
Colorado
|
9.5 | 64.7 | ||
|
Georgia
|
9.7 | 8.8 | 70.9 | 77.1 |
|
Washington
|
9.6 | 9.7 | 57.2 | 68.2 |
 Louisiana
|
9.3 | 7.7 | 89.5 | 103.2 |
|
Alabama
|
9.0 | 7.5 | 107.2 | 120.3 |
|
Wyoming
|
8.7 | 65.3 | ||
|
Oregon
|
8.1 | 7.6 | 66.1 | 78.1 |
|
Minnesota
|
7.4 | 54.2 | ||
|
Iowa
|
6.2 | 68.0 | ||
|
Arkansas
|
6.5 | 5.9 | 105.4 | 111.2 |
|
Mississippi
|
6.4 | 6.2 | 92.9 | 107.5 |
 Idaho
|
6.2 | 7.4 | 70.3 | 76.4 |
|
California
|
5.3 | 4.9 | 39.5 | 47.9 |
|
Kansas
|
5.1 | 5.1 | 69.8 | 86.2 |
|
Texas
|
5.1 | 4.9 | 53.1 | 58.0 |
|
North Dakota
|
7.6 | 60.0 | ||
|
South Dakota
|
5.0 | 67.8 | ||
|
Montana
|
4.2 | 90.0 | ||
|
Hawaii
|
3.4 | 5.2 | 37.0 | 45.3 |
|
Nebraska
|
2.4 | 72.8 | ||
- 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.
- 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.
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