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Top 10 US States with Drug Overdose Deaths

Reviewed by Editorial Staff

Last Updated: June 10, 2019

https://americanaddictioncenters.org/overdose/top-10-us-states

In 2015, drug overdose fatalities reached an all-time high, as over 50,000 Americans died from one within the year, CBS News reports. Opioid drugs, both prescription painkillers and heroin, are the driving force for this, as more than six out of 10 overdose deaths involved an opioid drug, CNN publishes.

Opioid abuse, addiction, and overdose have reached epidemic levels in the United States in recent years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that 91 people die every day in the United States from an opioid overdose. Prescription painkillers, heroin, and the extremely potent synthetic opioid fentanyl are often culprits of opioid overdose fatalities.

Mixing opioids with benzodiazepines (e.g., Valium, Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan, etc.) greatly increases the risk for suffering an overdose, and it’s common that multiple drugs are involved in overdose deaths.

The CDC reports that the states hardest hit by drug overdose in 2015 are:

1.West Virginia: 41.5 per 100,000 people
2.New Hampshire: 34.3 per 100,000 people
3.Kentucky: 29.9 per 100,000 people
4.Ohio: 29.9 per 100,000 people
5.Rhode Island: 28.2 per 100,000 people
6.Pennsylvania: 26.3 per 100,000 people
7.Massachusetts: 25.7 per 100,000 people
8.New Mexico: 25.3 per 100,000 people
9.Utah: 23.4 per 100,000 people
10.Tennessee: 22.2 per 100,000 people