The data compares the number of deaths due to drug injury (unintentional, suicide, homicide or undetermined) per 100,000 people over the last year. The rate for the U.S. as a whole is 32.1 per 100,000 people.
Here are the states ranked:
|
Rank |
State |
Drug deaths per 100,000 people |
|
1 |
West Virginia |
87.1 |
|
2 |
Tennessee |
54.7 |
|
3 |
Louisiana |
54 |
|
4 |
Kentucky |
53.7 |
|
5 |
Delaware |
52.4 |
|
6 |
New Mexico |
51.1 |
|
7 |
Ohio |
46.7 |
|
8 |
Maine |
45.2 |
|
9 |
Maryland |
43.7 |
|
10 |
Connecticut |
42.5 |
|
11 |
Pennsylvania |
42.4 |
|
12 |
Indiana |
42.1 |
|
13 |
South Carolina |
41.9 |
|
14 |
Rhode Island |
41 |
|
15 |
Vermont |
40.2 |
|
16 |
Arizona |
38.3 |
|
17 |
North Carolina |
37.9 |
|
18 |
Florida |
36.5 |
|
19 |
Massachusetts |
36.2 |
|
20 |
Missouri |
35.6 |
|
21 |
Alaska |
34.9 |
|
22 |
New Jersey |
32.5 |
|
23 |
New Hampshire |
31.6 |
|
24 |
Colorado |
31.3 |
|
25 |
Michigan |
31.2 |
|
26 |
Wisconsin |
30.7 |
|
27 |
Virginia |
30.1 |
|
28 |
Nevada |
29.9 |
|
29 |
Illinois |
29.5 |
|
30 |
New York |
29 |
|
31 |
Washington |
28.8 |
|
32 |
Alabama |
28.6 |
|
33 |
California |
27.5 |
|
34 |
Mississippi |
27.4 |
|
35 |
Oregon |
27.1 |
|
36 |
Oklahoma |
24.9 |
|
37 |
Minnesota |
24.1 |
|
38 |
Kansas |
24 |
|
39 |
Georgia |
22.9 |
|
40 |
Arkansas |
21.7 |
|
41 |
Utah |
21.3 |
|
42 |
Idaho |
19.2 |
|
43 |
Wyoming |
19.1 |
|
T-44 |
Montana |
18.6 |
|
T-44 |
Hawaii |
18.6 |
|
46 |
Texas |
17.1 |
|
47 |
North Dakota |
16.1 |
|
48 |
Iowa |
15.4 |
|
49 |
South Dakota |
12.4 |
|
50 |
Nebraska |
11.3 |
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