QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Drug Overdose Death Rates by State — United States, 2018

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In 2018, 23 states and DC had drug overdose death rates that were higher than the national rate of 20.7 per 100,000.
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Authors: Holly Hedegaard, MD; Arialdi M. Miniño, MPH; and Margaret Warner, PhD

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In 2018, 23 states and DC had drug overdose death rates that were higher than the national rate of 20.7 per 100,000.
Overdose deaths rates in 23 states in 2018.

In 2018, 23 states and DC had drug overdose death rates that were higher than the national rate of 20.7 per 100,000.

Except for Arizona and New Mexico, states with higher rates were in the eastern part of the country, including the two states with the highest rates: West Virginia (51.5) and Delaware (43.8). Twenty-four states had rates that were lower than the national rate; the states with the lowest rates were Nebraska (7.4) and South Dakota (6.9).

Three states (Illinois, Nevada, and Utah) had rates that were not statistically different from the national rate.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6915a5.htm

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Data. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm.

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