Drug overdose deaths, state-by-state breakdown

Here are the states ranked by the drug overdose mortality rate per 100,000 people, according to the CDC:

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State

Death Rate

West Virginia

90.9

Tennessee

56.6

Louisiana

55.9

Kentucky

55.6

Delaware

54

New Mexico

51.6

Ohio

48.1

Maine

47.1

Pennsylvania

43.2

Indiana

43

Maryland

42.8

South Carolina

42.8

Connecticut

42.3

Vermont

42.3

Rhode Island

41.7

North Carolina

39.2

Arizona

38.7

Florida

37.5

Massachusetts

36.8

Missouri

36.5

Alaska

35.6

New Jersey

32.4

New Hampshire

32.3

Wisconsin

31.6

Michigan

31.5

Colorado

31.4

Virginia

30.5

Alabama

30.1

Nevada

29.2

Illinois

29

New York

28.7

Mississippi

28.4

Washington

28.1

Oregon

26.8

California

26.6

Minnesota

24.5

Oklahoma

24.4

Kansas

24.3

Georgia

23.5

Arkansas

22.3

Utah

21.1

Montana

19.5

Idaho

19

Wyoming

18.9

Hawaii

17.3

North Dakota

17.2

Texas

16.8

Iowa

15.3

South Dakota

12.6

Nebraska

11.4

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