This July 3, 2018 file photo shows a Narcan nasal device which delivers naloxone in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Opioids Overdose Antidote

On Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, health officials reported that prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be a reason overdose deaths have stopped rising for the first time in nearly three decades.



But there is wide variation in how much naloxone is being distributed at the local level.



The list below shows the number of naloxone prescriptions per 100 high-dose opioid prescriptions filled last year in 34 Oregon counties, ranked from highest to lowest. This statistic is one measure of how much naloxone is reaching people in areas that need the drug the most: counties with large numbers of opioid prescriptions.



We've also shown whether each county is above or below the national median for the rate of naloxone prescriptions.



The numbers are based on data compiled by the Associated Press from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data for two counties was unavailable.

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1. Lake County

Above median naloxone use

2.45 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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2. Crook County

Above median naloxone use

2.01 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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T3. Linn County

Above median naloxone use

1.61 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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T3. Umatilla County

Above median naloxone use

1.61 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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5. Columbia County

Above median naloxone use

1.49 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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6. Clackamas County

Above median naloxone use

1.33 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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7. Malheur County

Above median naloxone use

1.31 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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8. Benton County

Above median naloxone use

1.29 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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9. Lincoln County

Above median naloxone use

1.24 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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10. Wasco County

Above median naloxone use

1.21 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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11. Jackson County

Above median naloxone use

1.19 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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12. Wallowa County

Above median naloxone use

1.18 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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13. Douglas County

Above median naloxone use

1.1 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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14. Deschutes County

Above median naloxone use

1.09 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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15. Grant County

Above median naloxone use

1.08 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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16. Multnomah County

Above median naloxone use

1.07 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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17. Hood River County

Above median naloxone use

1.03 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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18. Marion County

Above median naloxone use

1.01 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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19. Josephine County

Above median naloxone use

.98 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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20. Lane County

Above median naloxone use

.97 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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T21. Polk County

Above median naloxone use

.92 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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T21. Yamhill County

Above median naloxone use

.92 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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23. Harney County

Below median naloxone use

.82 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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T24. Coos County

Below median naloxone use

.79 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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T24. Klamath County

Below median naloxone use

.79 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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26. Clatsop County

Below median naloxone use

.78 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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27. Union County

Below median naloxone use

.72 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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28. Washington County

Below median naloxone use

.63 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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29. Baker County

Below median naloxone use

.62 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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30. Jefferson County

Below median naloxone use

.5 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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31. Curry County

Below median naloxone use

.47 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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32. Morrow County

Below median naloxone use

.41 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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33. Gilliam County

Below median naloxone use



.32 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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34. Tillamook County

Below median naloxone use



.22 prescriptions per 100 opioid prescriptions

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