{"chart":{"slug":"drug-overdose-death-rate-by-state","title":"Which states have the highest drug overdose death rates?","takeaway":"In the 12 months through June 2025, Alaska had the highest drug overdose death rate, 43.6 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by New Mexico (41.9) and West Virginia (41.5). Nebraska had the lowest, 8.3, and the US rate was 20.8. Rates are age-adjusted, so states with older or younger populations compare fairly, and they are provisional.","topic":"Health","chart_type":"bar","ranking":true,"x_label":"State","y_label":"Drug overdose deaths per 100,000 people in a year, age-adjusted","unit":null,"points_count":52,"source":{"name":"CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality","url":"https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/mortality-dashboard.htm"},"license":{"name":"Public domain (U.S. government work)","url":"https://www.cdc.gov/other/agencymaterials.html"},"data_as_of":"2025-06-30","updated_at":"2026-09-25T16:17:32.939Z","url":"https://chart.ly/charts/drug-overdose-death-rate-by-state","api_url":"https://chart.ly/api/v1/charts/drug-overdose-death-rate-by-state","csv_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/drug-overdose-death-rate-by-state/data.csv","image_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/drug-overdose-death-rate-by-state/image.png","embed_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/drug-overdose-death-rate-by-state/embed","credit":"CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality, via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/drug-overdose-death-rate-by-state)","credit_html":"CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality, via \u003ca href=\"https://chart.ly/charts/drug-overdose-death-rate-by-state\"\u003eChartly\u003c/a\u003e","average_label":"United States","zero_axis":true,"data":[{"label":"Alaska","value":43.6},{"label":"New Mexico","value":41.9},{"label":"West Virginia","value":41.5},{"label":"District of Columbia","value":41.1},{"label":"Arizona","value":37.3},{"label":"Washington","value":37.3},{"label":"Delaware","value":32.9},{"label":"Nevada","value":32.4},{"label":"Tennessee","value":31.9},{"label":"Oregon","value":29.9},{"label":"Maine","value":29.8},{"label":"Kentucky","value":29.4},{"label":"Louisiana","value":28.6},{"label":"Vermont","value":27.5},{"label":"Colorado","value":25.8},{"label":"South Carolina","value":25.2},{"label":"Oklahoma","value":23.9},{"label":"Pennsylvania","value":23.8},{"label":"Indiana","value":23.4},{"label":"Connecticut","value":23.3},{"label":"Ohio","value":23.1},{"label":"Maryland","value":22.4},{"label":"Rhode Island","value":21.7},{"label":"North Carolina","value":21.3},{"label":"Alabama","value":20.8},{"label":"United States","value":20.8},{"label":"California","value":20.6},{"label":"Missouri","value":20.3},{"label":"Hawaii","value":20.1},{"label":"Utah","value":19.4},{"label":"Kansas","value":19.1},{"label":"New Hampshire","value":18.7},{"label":"Massachusetts","value":18.6},{"label":"Mississippi","value":17.9},{"label":"New York","value":17.8},{"label":"Minnesota","value":17.7},{"label":"New Jersey","value":17.6},{"label":"Florida","value":17.3},{"label":"Illinois","value":16.9},{"label":"Michigan","value":16.6},{"label":"Wisconsin","value":16.4},{"label":"Georgia","value":16.3},{"label":"Montana","value":16.3},{"label":"Idaho","value":16.0},{"label":"Wyoming","value":15.8},{"label":"North Dakota","value":15.1},{"label":"Virginia","value":15.0},{"label":"Texas","value":14.1},{"label":"Arkansas","value":13.1},{"label":"Iowa","value":12.8},{"label":"South Dakota","value":10.6},{"label":"Nebraska","value":8.3}],"annotations":[]},"docs":"https://chart.ly/developers","terms":"Free to use with credit: wherever you show or quote a chart's data, name Chartly with a link to that chart's url (each chart's credit line does both) and credit its source as its license asks.","credit":"CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality, via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/drug-overdose-death-rate-by-state)"}