In Pendleton County, deaths associated with drug overdose rates increased 51.27% from 55 to 83.2 per 100k, between the 2011-2015 and 2016-2020 time periods45. Compared with the Commonwealth and the U.S. Pendleton County mortality from drug overdoses is significantly higher than the Commonwealth and U.S. with the national and Commonwealth rates at 32.5 and 54.1 respectively45.
Deaths from opioid-specific overdoses also increased significantly, representing an 87.7% increase between the 2011-2015 and 2016-2020 time periods45. Concurrently, rates for opioid-specific drug overdose deaths in the Commonwealth and U.S. also both increased during the same time period as Pendleton County but by half the rate.45
