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Upstate NY counties with highest heroin overdose rates

In response to the growing heroin epidemic, the state health department has begun reporting heroin overdoses by county. The numbers may not reflect all 2015 overdose deaths because of delays in toxicology tests. The counties are ranked by heroin overdose deaths per 100,000 population. The state says rates should be interpreted with caution. When rates are based on only a few cases, small changes in frequencies can produce large changes in rates. The reported cases are based on the county where the overdose victim lived.

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No. 22 Cayuga County

Number of overdose deaths: 2

Rate per 100,000 population: 2.6

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 21 Niagara County

Number of overdose deaths: 6

Rate per 100,000 population: 2.8

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 21 Madison County

Number of overdose deaths: 2

Rate per 100,000 population: 2.8

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 20 Albany County

Number of overdose deaths: 9

Rate per 100,000 population: 2.9

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 19 Putnam County

Number of overdose deaths: 3

Rate per 100,000 population: 3.0

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 18 Chautaqua County

Number of overdose deaths: 5

Rate per 100,000 population: 3.8

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 17 Monroe County

Number of overdose deaths: 29

Rate per 100,000 population: 3.9

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 16 Tioga County

Number of overdose deaths: 2

Rate per 100,000 population: 4.0

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 16 Montgomery County

Number of overdose deaths: 2

Rate per 100,000 population: 4.0

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 15 Erie County

Number of overdose deaths: 39

Rate per 100,000 population: 4.2

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 14 Delaware County

Number of overdose deaths: 2

Rate per 100,000 population: 4.3

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 14 Jefferson County

Number of overdose deaths: 5

Rate per 100,000 population: 4.3

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 13 Ulster County

Number of overdose deaths: 8

Rate per 100,000 population: 4.4

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 12 Columbia County

Number of overdose deaths: 3

Rate per 100,000 population: 4.9

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 11 Essex County

Number of overdose deaths: 2

Rate per 100,000 population: 5.2

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 10 Orange County

Number of overdose deaths: 21

Rate per 100,000 population: 5.6

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 9 Oswego County

Number of overdose deaths: 7

Rate per 100,000 population: 5.8

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 8 Chenango County

Number of overdose deaths: 3

Rate per 100,000 population: 6.1

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 7 Onondaga County

Number of overdose deaths: 29

Rate per 100,000 population: 6.2

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 6 Herkimer County

Number of overdose deaths: 4

Rate per 100,000 population: 6.3

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 5 Sullivan County

Number of overdose deaths: 5

Rate per 100,000 population: 6.7

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 4 Lewis County

Number of overdose deaths: 2

Rate per 100,000 population: 7.4

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 3 Dutchess County

Number of overdose deaths: 23

Rate per 100,000 population: 7.8

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 2 Cortland County

Number of overdose deaths: 4

Rate per 100,000 population: 8.2

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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No. 1 Greene County

Number of overdose deaths: 4

Rate per 100,000 population: 8.4

NY rate (excluding NYC): 3.8

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More information on heroin deaths

For more details, read the state's most recent opioid quarterly report.

Also, check out some of our recent coverage:

Onondaga County heroin deaths exceed last year's toll