Escalating use of prescription opioids for pain management has drastically contributed to America's opioid epidemic.
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Alaska
Alaska's governor declared opioid abuse a public health emergency in 2017.
Source: Office of the Governor
Alabama
Alabama has the highest rate of opioid prescribing in the country.
Source: CDC Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes
Arkansas
66 of 75 Arkansas counties had opioid prescribing rates higher than the national average in 2016.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Arizona
In 2016, 790 people died from opioid overdoses in Arizona, a 74% increase over 4 years.
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
California
1,925 Californians had opioid-linked overdose deaths in 2016.
Source: California Department of Public Health
Colorado
Prescription opioid-involved deaths nearly doubled from 176 to 300 in Colorado from 2013 to 2017.
Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Connecticut
In Connecticut, 273 deaths involved prescription opioids in 2017, four times higher than in 2012.
Source: National Institutes of Health
District of Columbia
Opioid overdose deaths in Washington, DC, more than doubled from 2014 to 2016.
Source: Government of the District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Delaware
Delaware had the country’s highest high-dosage prescription rate in 2014-2016.
Source: CDC Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes
Florida
Florida is among 6 states that declared opioid abuse a public health emergency in 2017.
Source: NPR
Georgia
Of 1,462 overdose deaths in Georgia in 2016, 67% were due to opioid overdoses.
Source: Georgia Department of Public Health
Hawaii
In 2015, there were 169 deaths in Hawaii from a drug overdose.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Iowa
Admissions for opioid treatment in Iowa increased 274% from 2005-2016.
Source: Iowa Department of Public Health
Idaho
There were 218 drug overdose deaths in Idaho in 2015.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Illinois
Of 2,000+ overdose deaths in Illinois in 2016, more than 80% were opioid-related.
Source: Illinois Department of Public Health
Indiana
In 2015, opioid pain relievers were responsible for 274 deaths in Indiana.
Source: Indiana State Department of Health
Kansas
Drug poisoning deaths involving heroin increased by 71% from 2013-2015 in Kansas.
Source: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kentucky
Of 1,330 overdose deaths in Kentucky in 2016, 31% were among people ages 35-44.
Source: Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy
Louisiana
Louisiana is the fifth-highest prescriber of painkillers, with 98.1 prescriptions per 100 people.
Source: CDC Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes
Massachusetts
In 2017, Massachusetts had one of the lowest prescribing rates for opioids in the U.S. but still saw 321 prescription-related overdoses.
Source: National Institutes of Health
Maryland
In 2017, there were 711 prescription-related opioid deaths in Maryland ‒ a rate double the national average.
Source: National Institutes of Health
Maine
Maine is the fourth highest prescribing state for long-acting and extended-release opioids.
Source: CDC Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes
Michigan
In 2016, 11 million opioid prescriptions were written in Michigan, about 1.1 per resident.
Source: MLive.com
Minnesota
In 2016, there were 186 prescription opioid-related deaths in Minnesota.
Source: Minnesota Department of Health
Missouri
One out of every 66 deaths in Missouri were due to opioid overdose in 2016.
Source: Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
Mississippi
In 2017, Mississippi was the fifth-highest prescriber of opioids.
Source: National Institutes of Health
Montana
There were 693 deaths in Montana from 2000-2015 attributed to prescription opioid poisoning.
Source: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Nebraska
At least 54 Nebraskans died of opioid overdoses in 2015.
Source: Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is among the top five states with the highest rate of opioid-involved deaths.
Source: National Institutes of Health
New Jersey
Drug overdose deaths increased by 21% in New Jersey from 2014 to 2015.
Source: New Jersey Medical Examiner's Office
New Mexico
There were 493 drug overdose deaths in New Mexico in 2015.
Source: New Mexico Department of Health
Nevada
There were 276 prescription-related opioid deaths in Nevada in 2017.
Source: National Institutes of Health
New York
Opioid-related emergency department visits increased by 73% in New York from 2010-2014.
Source: 2015 Report to the Governor and NYS Legislature
North Carolina
From 1999 to 2016, more than 12,000 North Carolinians died from opioid-related overdoses, the majority of which were unintentional overdoses.
Source: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
North Dakota
In North Dakota, the majority of drug overdose deaths in 2017 involved an opioid.
Source: National Institutes of Health
Ohio
Of all unintentional overdose deaths in Ohio in 2016, 20% had an opioid prescription in the previous 30 days.
Source: Ohio Department of Health
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is the third-highest prescriber of long-acting and extended-release opioids.
Source: CDC Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes
Oregon
An average of 3 Oregonians dies each week from a prescription opioid overdose.
Source: Oregon Health Authority
Pennsylvania
An average of 13 people died from drug overdose each day in Pennsylvania in 2016.
Source: Philly.com
Rhode Island
Rhode Island had the fifth-highest rate of drug overdose deaths in 2015.
Source: CDC Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes
South Carolina
In 2015, there were 594 opioid-related overdose deaths in South Carolina.
Source: South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services
South Dakota
South Dakota, population 865,454, had 664,191 opioid prescriptions in 2016.
Source: USA Today
Tennessee
In 2016, Tennessee was the third-highest prescriber of opioids.
Source: CDC Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes
Texas
There were 1,287 opioid-related deaths in Texas in 2015.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
Utah
Prescription opioids were the main driver of overdose deaths in Utah in 2017.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
Virginia
An average of 2 Virginians dies every day from a prescription opioid or heroin overdose.
Source: Virginia Department of Health
Vermont
In 2016, there were 101 opioid-related overdose deaths in Vermont—a rate of 18.4 deaths per 100,000 persons and more than the national rate of 13.3 deaths per 100,000 persons.
Source: Vermont Department of Health
Washington
More Washingtonians died from opioid overdose than from car accidents in 2015.
Source: Washington State Office of the Attorney General
Wisconsin
More Wisconsinites died from opioid overdoses than from car accidents in 2015.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
West Virginia
West Virginia had the country’s highest drug-overdose death rate in 2015.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Wyoming
There were 96 opioid-related deaths in Wyoming in 2015.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
