

Battling Opioids Part 6
Battling Opioids Part 5
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf declared Pennsylvania’s heroin and opioid epidemic a disaster. The state’s public media outlets are working together to combat this public health crisis by sharing stories of hope and convening communities to take action.
About
About the Project
Pennsylvania has one of the highest opioid overdose death rates in the nation. Every day, thousands of Pennsylvanians—mothers and fathers, children, neighbors—struggle to overcome addiction. Rural and urban, rich and poor, the opioid crisis affects all of us.
Pennsylvania has one of the highest
rates of overdose deaths in the nation.

ADAMS COUNTY
75
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2019

ALLEGHENY COUNTY
4102
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2008-2019

BEAVER COUNTY
358
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2012-2019

BERKS COUNTY
461
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2014-2019

BUCKS COUNTY
730
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2018

BUTLER COUNTY
375
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2011-2019

CENTRE COUNTY
75
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2019

CHESTER COUNTY
490
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2019

CLARION COUNTY
59
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2006-2018

CLINTON COUNTY
20
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2018

CRAWFORD COUNTY
107
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2018

CUMBERLAND COUNTY
229
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2018

DAUPHIN COUNTY
425
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2019

FAYETTE COUNTY
301
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2012-2019

FRANKLIN COUNTY
133
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2018

FULTON COUNTY
17
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2018

HUNTINGDON COUNTY
36
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2018

INDIANA COUNTY
286
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2008-2019

JEFFERSON COUNTY
33
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2014-2018

LACKAWANNA COUNTY
376
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2014-2018

LANCASTER COUNTY
494
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2019

LAWRENCE COUNTY
169
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2014-2019

LEHIGH COUNTY
620
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2018

LUZERNE COUNTY
582
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2014-2018

LYCOMING COUNTY
129
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2019

MERCER COUNTY
153
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2014-2019

MONROE COUNTY
264
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2013-2018

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
315
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2018

MONTGOMERY COUNTY
889
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2014-2018

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
206
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2018

SOMERSET COUNTY
98
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2014-2018

SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY
68
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2010-2018

UNION COUNTY
21
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2014-2019

WAYNE COUNTY
69
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2018

WEST MORELAND COUNTY
1077
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2009-2019

WYOMING COUNTY
48
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2018

YORK COUNTY
615
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2015-2019