National Opioid Epidemic

Opioid Prescriptions per 100 Persons

Number of opioid prescriptions per 100 persons (Read more)

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Historical Trend

2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920200.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.0United States

Data Table

50 Highest CountiesStateOpioid Prescriptions per 100 Persons (2019)
United StatesUnited States46.7
Norton cityVirginia567.9
Salem cityVirginia387.3
Martinsville cityVirginia374.5
Perry CountyKentucky318.0
Montour CountyPennsylvania298.4
Union CountySouth Dakota278.9
McCracken CountyKentucky253.9
Fredericksburg cityVirginia233.0
Winchester cityVirginia226.6
Forrest CountyMississippi206.0
Hardin CountyIllinois186.4
Clark CountyKentucky180.7
Tift CountyGeorgia178.0
Scott CountyVirginia169.4
Craighead CountyArkansas167.8
Lauderdale CountyMississippi165.7
Coffee CountyGeorgia164.1
Charlottesville cityVirginia163.1
Harmon CountyOklahoma162.9
Floyd CountyGeorgia161.9
Galax cityVirginia161.1
Owsley CountyKentucky160.9
Whitley CountyKentucky160.5
Ware CountyGeorgia159.8
Colbert CountyAlabama156.9
Bell CountyKentucky155.4
Bacon CountyGeorgia153.8
Coffee CountyTennessee150.2
Vanderburgh CountyIndiana149.8
Pulaski CountyArkansas149.5
Madison CountyTennessee149.4
Houston CountyAlabama146.1
Floyd CountyKentucky145.2
Jefferson CountyAlabama143.5
Sullivan CountyTennessee143.4
Nez Perce CountyIdaho142.2
Independence CountyArkansas140.3
Caddo ParishLouisiana140.3
Clarke CountyGeorgia138.2
Carbon CountyUtah137.8
Scott CountyIndiana136.6
Washington CountyTennessee136.5
Butler CountyMissouri136.3
Florence CountySouth Carolina135.1
Pike CountyKentucky133.9
Cheyenne CountyKansas133.1
Walker CountyAlabama132.7
Bibb CountyGeorgia131.4
Seminole CountyGeorgia130.7
Clay CountyKentucky130.7

About the Indicator

The number of opioid prescriptions dispensed, per 100 U.S. residents. This measure uses IQVIA data from pharmacies which dispense nearly 90% of all retail prescriptions in the US. It includes prescriptions paid for by commercial insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, or cash or equivalent. Cough and cold formulations containing opioids and buprenorphine products typically used to treat opioid use disorder are excluded, and IQVIA data does not include methadone dispensed through methadone maintenance treatment programs.

Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/maps/rxrate-maps.html

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