Devastating Statistics
Ohio Ranks
#2
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ohio Ranks #2 in the nation in drug overdose deaths, followed by West Virginia at #1.
Heroin Overdose
Deaths in Ohio
2001 - 81
2011 - 426
2012 - 697
2013 - 983
2014 - 1,177
2015 - 1,424
2016 - 1,444
(Office of the State Attorney General)
OHIO
YEARLY UNINTENTIONAL DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS
2000 - 411
2010 - 1,544
2011 - 1,764
2012 - 1,914
2013 - 2,110
2014 - 2,482
2015 - 3,310
2016 - 4,149
2017 - 5,232
(Ohio Dept. of Health,
Office of Vital Statistics)
90%
OF ADDICTIONS START IN THEIR TEENS.
OHIO DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS UP
39%
NEARLY TRIPLE THE U.S. AVERAGE.
EVERYDAY IN OHIO
According to the Ohio Department of Health and the Office of Vital Statistics, EVERYDAY in Ohio 14 people DIE from DRUGS.
AMERICANS
More Americans died of drug overdoses in 2016 than in the
ENTIRE
Vietnam War.
(58,000+ died in the Vietnam War)
EVERYDAY IN THE U.S.
2174 PEOPLE DIE FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE EVERYDAY IN THE UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES
YEARLY DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS
2009 - 37,004
2011 - 41,340
2014 - 47,055
2015 - 52,404
2016 - 62,497
2017 - 72,000
(Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention)