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Drug deaths
Drug overdose deaths per 100,000 population. The US codes overdose deaths more completely than almost anywhere. Part of the US's high figures reflects better measurement.
Darker = better (lower), by rank · 36 countries · IHME / UNODC · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = better (lower), by rank · 51 states · CDC VSRR / WONDER
Countries
36 · IHME / UNODC- 1stBulgaria0.92023
- 2ndItaly12023
- 3rdSerbia1.22023
- 4thTürkiye1.32023
- 5thHungary1.32023
- 6thPortugal1.82023
- 7thAustria2.12023
- 7thNetherlands2.12023
- 9thSlovakia2.32023
- 10thCyprus2.32023
- 11thSpain2.42023
- 12thLuxembourg2.52023
- 13thFrance2.52023
- 14thRomania2.52023
- 15thCroatia2.72023
- 16thGreece2.72023
- 17thGermany2.82023
- 18thGeorgia2.82023
- 19thBelgium3.12023
- 20thSwitzerland3.12023
- 21stSlovenia3.52023
- 22ndCzechia3.72023
- 23rdMalta3.72023
- 24thDenmark42023
- 25thSweden4.62023
- 26thPoland4.62023
- 27thMoldova6.32023
- 28thIreland7.82023
- 29thLiechtenstein8.12023
- 30thUnited Kingdom8.22018
- 31stNorway8.52023
- 32ndFinland92023
- 33rdLithuania9.42023
- 34thIceland9.72023
- 35thLatvia142023
- 36thEstonia16.82023
US states
51 · CDC VSRR / WONDER- 1stNebraska7.2
- 2ndSouth Dakota9.7
- 3rdIowa11.5
- 4thArkansas12
- 5thWyoming13.9
- 6thTexas14.1
- 7thVirginia14.4
- 8thIdaho14.5
- 9thGeorgia14.6
- 10thMississippi15.3
- 11thMontana15.3
- 12thIllinois15.4
- 13thWisconsin16.2
- 14thNorth Dakota16.3
- 15thNew Jersey16.5
- 16thAlabama16.7
- 17thFlorida17.4
- 18thMichigan17.4
- 19thMinnesota17.6
- 20thKansas17.7
- 21stNorth Carolina18
- 22ndNew York18.6
- 23rdMassachusetts18.7
- 24thNew Hampshire19
- 25thUtah19.1
- 26thRhode Island19.6
- 27thMissouri19.7
- 28thIndiana20
- 29thOhio20.6
- 30thOklahoma20.8
- 31stPennsylvania21.8
- 32ndHawaii22
- 33rdMaryland22.1
- 34thCalifornia22.9
- 35thConnecticut23.2
- 36thVermont23.3
- 37thSouth Carolina23.9
- 38thOregon24.7
- 39thKentucky25.5
- 40thLouisiana26.1
- 41stMaine26.6
- 42ndTennessee29.1
- 43rdColorado30.2
- 44thDelaware30.9
- 45thWashington37.1
- 46thNevada37.4
- 47thWest Virginia37.9
- 48thArizona39.1
- 49thAlaska44.9
- 50thNew Mexico45.2
- 51stDistrict of Columbia51
36 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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More on health
- Life expectancyPeriod life expectancy at birth.
- Health coverageShare of population with health insurance or public coverage.
- ObesityShare of adults with BMI ≥ 30.
- Infant mortalityDeaths before age one per 1,000 live births.
- Suicide rateDeaths by intentional self-harm per 100,000 population.
- HappinessSelf-reported life satisfaction (Cantril ladder, 0–10), World Happiness Report.
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
Bulgaria leads on drug deaths — see where it lands on every other measure, and which US state it most resembles.
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