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Top 10 States By Drug Poisoning Deaths and Death Rates, 2020 (1)

	By number of deaths				By deaths per 100,000 people (2)
Rank	State	Number of of deaths	Deaths per 100,000 people (2)	Rank	State	Number of of deaths	Deaths per 100,000 people
1	California	8,908	21.8	1	West Virginia	1,330	81.4
2	Florida	7,231	35.0	2	District of Columbia	424	58.1
3	Ohio	5,204	47.2	3	Kentucky	2,083	49.2
4	Pennsylvania	5,168	42.4	4	Delaware	444	47.3
5	New York	4,965	25.4	5	Ohio	5,204	47.2
6	Texas	4,172	14.1	6	Tennessee	3,034	45.6
7	Illinois	3,549	28.1	7	Maryland	2,771	44.6
8	North Carolina	3,146	30.9	8	Louisana	1,896	42.7
9	Tennessee	3,034	45.6	9	Pennsylvania	5,168	42.4
10	New Jersey	2,840	32.1	10	Maine	496	39.7

(1) Drug overdose caused by prescription and illegal drugs.
(2) Rates are age-adjusted using the direct method and the 2000 U.S. standard population, except for age-specific crude rates. All rates are per 100,000 population.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Top 10 States By Drug Poisoning Deaths and Death Rates, 2019 (1)

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	By number of deaths				By deaths per 100,000 people
Rank	State	Number of deaths	Deaths per 100,000 people	Rank	State	Number of deaths	Deaths per 100,000 people
1	California	6,198	15.0	1	West Virginia	870	52.8
2	Florida	5,268	25.5	2	Delaware	435	48.0
3	Pennsylvania	4,377	35.6	3	District of Columbia	311	43.2
4	Ohio	4,251	38.3	4	Ohio	4,251	38.3
5	New York	3,617	18.2	5	Maryland	2,369	38.2
6	Texas	3,136	10.8	6	Pennsylvania	4,377	35.6
7	New Jersey	2,805	31.7	7	Connecticut	1,214	34.7
8	Illinois	2,790	21.9	8	Kentucky	1,380	32.5
9	Michigan	2,385	24.4	9	Massachusetts	2,210	32.1
10	Maryland	2,369	38.2	10	New Hampshire	407	32.0