Mid-Hudson Valley

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Drug Overdose Mortality Rate

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Drug Overdose Mortality Rate

What does this measure?

Deaths due to drug overdoses, expressed as a rate per 100,000 residents.

Why is this important?

In addition to ending a life tragically, a death by drug overdose profoundly affects surviving relatives and friends. Rising drug overdose deaths can reflect increasing rates of addiction, more potent and dangerous substances, inadequate systems to treat and support addicts, and other worrisome trends.

How is the region performing?

In 2023, the region had a rate of 28 drug poisoning deaths per 100,000 residents in the Mid-Hudson Valley region. This was lower than the national rate (32) and slightly above the state (excluding NYC) rate of 26. Sullivan had the highest rate of drug poisoning deaths in the region at 47 per 100,000 residents, while Putnam and Greene counties had the lowest (16 and 19, respectively).

Notes about the data

Deaths may be accidental or intentional, or this information may be unknown.

Drug Overdose Mortality Rate

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Region	7.4	10.7	11.4	14.4	14.4	17.1	20.8	25.0	28.3	20.6	30.2	31.1	33.9	28.2
Columbia	1.6	6.4	3.2	11.3	14.5	9.8	21.4	31.5	10.0	15.0	13.4	24.2	22.9	23.1
Dutchess	10.7	9.1	13.1	17.6	13.2	18.7	17.4	26.6	27.9	22.1	35.7	29.1	39.3	31.9
Greene	8.1	14.3	20.6	10.4	18.8	16.8	25.3	27.4	25.3	14.8	29.5	48.0	21.1	19.1
Orange	6.7	10.2	11.0	12.3	15.5	17.6	18.0	20.5	28.0	20.7	26.9	33.8	30.3	24.7
Putnam	5.0	4.0	12.0	12.1	9.1	13.1	21.3	22.2	21.2	12.1	18.2	20.4	22.4	16.3
Sullivan	9.0	32.4	13.0	22.1	26.4	25.4	21.4	38.7	45.1	39.8	63.7	46.4	61.5	47.4
Ulster	5.5	9.3	8.8	13.8	10.5	15.0	30.2	24.6	33.6	17.9	31.4	25.6	34.6	31.7
NYS (excluding NYC)	5.2	7.4	7.6	9.8	10.3	13.2	18.2	19.5	17.2	16.1	22.7	25.2	25.9	25.7
U.S.	12.9	13.9	13.8	14.6	15.5	17.2	20.8	22.8	21.8	22.8	29.5	33.6	33.8	32.4

Source: New York State Department of Health
Notes: Rates per 100,000 residents. Numbers are age- and sex-adjusted.

Number of Fatal Drug Poisionings

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Region	84	122	130	164	163	194	235	283	322	234	352	366	398	331
Columbia	1	4	2	7	9	6	13	19	6	9	8	15	14	14
Dutchess	32	27	39	52	39	55	51	78	82	65	105	87	117	95
Greene	4	7	10	5	9	8	12	13	12	7	14	23	10	9
Orange	25	38	41	46	58	66	68	78	107	79	103	137	123	101
Putnam	5	4	12	12	9	13	21	22	21	12	18	20	22	16
Sullivan	7	25	10	17	20	19	16	29	34	30	48	37	49	38
Ulster	10	17	16	25	19	27	54	44	60	32	56	47	63	58
NYS (excluding NYC)	583	828	853	1,098	1,153	1,479	2,036	2,170	1,922	1,793	2,536	2,867	2,932	2,919
U.S.	40,393	43,544	43,819	46,471	49,714	55,403	67,265	73,990	71,147	74,511	96,096	111,219	112,109	109,067

Source: New York State Department of Health

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