Special Report

Cities With the Most Drug Overdose Deaths

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30. Wheeling, WV-OH
> Annual drug deaths, 2019-2021: 48.6 per 100,000 residents
> Total drug deaths, 2019-2021: 201
> Poverty rate: 15.5%
> Population: 137,740

29. Norwich-New London, CT
> Annual drug deaths, 2019-2021: 48.8 per 100,000 residents
> Total drug deaths, 2019-2021: 390
> Poverty rate: 8.6%
> Population: 268,805

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28. Albuquerque, NM
> Annual drug deaths, 2019-2021: 49.3 per 100,000 residents
> Total drug deaths, 2019-2021: 1,361
> Poverty rate: 15.1%
> Population: 921,311

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27. New Haven-Milford, CT
> Annual drug deaths, 2019-2021: 50.8 per 100,000 residents
> Total drug deaths, 2019-2021: 1,307
> Poverty rate: 11.8%
> Population: 863,700

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26. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
> Annual drug deaths, 2019-2021: 51.2 per 100,000 residents
> Total drug deaths, 2019-2021: 1,041
> Poverty rate: 13.2%
> Population: 685,344

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