10 States With The Highest Opioid Abuse Rates

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#6 Kentucky

  • Population: 4,425,092
  • 2015 deaths from opioid overdose: 885
  • Opioid death rate per 1,000,000 people: 200

Kentucky ranks sixth on our list, with an opioid death rate of around 200 people per 1 million residents.

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