Death Data Overview

In 2018, Pennsylvania coroners and medical examiners reported 4,491 drug-related overdose deaths (ruled accidental or undetermined). This number represents a rate of 35 deaths per 100,000 people, ranging from 0 to 99 among individual counties. Between 2015 and 2018, there was a 36% increase in the number of drug-related overdose deaths in Pennsylvania (Read More). The table and figures below depicts the rates and quarterly trend of drug-related overdose deaths, as well as the drug category breakdown in Pennsylvania counties from 2015-2018.

County	2015 Average Rate (per 100,000)	2016 Average Rate (per 100,000)	2017 Average Rate (per 100,000)	2018 Average Rate (per 100,000)
Adams	7	28	19	15	View Data
Allegheny	34	53	60	35	View Data
Armstrong	41	62	59	34	View Data
Beaver	22	61	49	25	View Data
Bedford	4	23	39	19	View Data
Berks	16	27	27	23	View Data
Blair	17	35	39	20	View Data
Bradford	19	28	25	30	View Data
Bucks	17	27	37	34	View Data
Butler	25	40	49	24	View Data
Cambria	41	70	65	46	View Data
Cameron	0	0	0	0	View Data
Carbon	27	27	42	54	View Data
Centre	9	12	7	12	View Data
Chester	14	19	28	21	View Data
Clarion	13	18	16	28	View Data
Clearfield	15	14	6	25	View Data
Clinton	8	26	10	5	View Data
Columbia	19	27	23	29	View Data
Crawford	32	36	28	26	View Data
Cumberland	15	23	30	19	View Data
Dauphin	29	30	35	44	View Data
Delaware	33	37	46	36	View Data
Elk	10	10	23	30	View Data
Erie	22	33	43	28	View Data
Fayette	30	45	57	31	View Data
Forest	27	0	14	0	View Data
Franklin	14	25	23	21	View Data
Fulton	21	75	7	14	View Data
Greene	37	51	35	25	View Data
Huntingdon	11	15	29	15	View Data
Indiana	41	57	44	26	View Data
Jefferson	14	16	14	21	View Data
Juniata	4	16	8	12	View Data
Lackawanna	34	40	42	46	View Data
Lancaster	14	22	30	20	View Data
Lawrence	34	46	61	43	View Data
Lebanon	15	12	21	19	View Data
Lehigh	27	37	47	43	View Data
Luzerne	45	44	50	49	View Data
Lycoming	16	30	30	22	View Data
McKean	19	17	19	20	View Data
Mercer	14	28	36	46	View Data
Mifflin	11	13	28	28	View Data
Monroe	27	25	34	32	View Data
Montgomery	17	28	27	24	View Data
Montour	27	27	66	99	View Data
Northampton	20	23	30	22	View Data
Northumberland	17	29	34	25	View Data
Perry	7	20	22	33	View Data
Philadelphia	44	58	77	70
Pike	11	18	23	30	View Data
Potter	6	12	18	6	View Data
Schuylkill	17	41	27	49	View Data
Snyder	2	7	7	17	View Data
Somerset	21	28	39	19	View Data
Sullivan	16	16	16	0	View Data
Susquehanna	14	22	15	25	View Data
Tioga	7	15	22	17	View Data
Union	4	15	11	4	View Data
Venango	21	17	8	18	View Data
Warren	0	0	0	0	View Data
Washington	35	51	47	34	View Data
Wayne	33	31	23	33	View Data
Westmoreland	35	49	55	35	View Data
Wyoming	25	25	40	55	View Data
York	22	29	39	35	View Data