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Drug overdose deaths per 100,000 people
 
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Of the 64,070 overdose deaths in the US in 2016, opioids were involved in 42,249. In 2016, the five states with the highest rates of death due to drug overdose were West Virginia (52.0 per 100,000), Ohio (39.1 per 100,000), New Hampshire (39.0 per 100,000), Pennsylvania (37.9 per 100,000) and Kentucky (33.5 per 100,000).

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Of the 64,070 overdose deaths in the US in 2016,
 
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opioids were involved in 42,249. In 2016, the five states with the highest rates of death due to drug overdose were West Virginia (52.0 per 100,000), Ohio (39.1 per 100,000), New Hampshire (39.0 per 100,000), Pennsylvania (37.9 per 100,000) and Kentucky (33.5 per 100,000).
 
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Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state.
Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000
 
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people by state.

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English: US map of drug overdose deaths per 100,000 population by state, US 2016. There were 64,070 overdose deaths in the USA in 2016 according to a table from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

From the source page for the map: "Opioids—prescription and illicit—are the main driver of drug overdose deaths. Opioids were involved in 42,249 deaths in 2016, and opioid overdose deaths were five times higher in 2016 than 1999. In 2016, the five states with the highest rates of death due to drug overdose were West Virginia (52.0 per 100,000), Ohio (39.1 per 100,000), New Hampshire (39.0 per 100,000), Pennsylvania (37.9 per 100,000) and Kentucky (33.5 per 100,000)."

Another source for the 42,249 number of opioid deaths: Timeline bar chart with 2016 number of deaths in the US from opioids. Originally at Overdose Death Rates. By National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Date 30 November 2017. Date map was first uploaded to Commons.
Source Drug Overdose Deaths. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Click on a map year. The numbers are in the data table below the map. Numbers of deaths for each state, and the age-adjusted rates of death per 100,000 population for each state. You can also place your mouse cursor on a state on the map to get the data.
Author Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. User:Timeshifter cropped the map, and edited the text at the top, using freeware IrfanView. Map image came via "print screen" key on a keyboard.

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