OPIOID DEATHS, HAWAII VS.

NATION
Adjusted pharmaceutical/synthetic opioid poisoning fatality rates per 100,000
people, Hawaii vs. U.S., 1999-2016 (excludes poisonings due to heroin and
opium, includes methadone):
10.7

10.0
United States
Hawaii
8.0 7.6
6.5
6.2
6.0 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.8
5.4 5.5 5.6
5.1 5.0
4.5
4.2 4.2 4.1
3.9 5.3
4.0 3.6 4.6
4.0 4.2
2.8 4.0 3.8 3.6
2.4 2.5 3.5 3.3 3.4
3.0
2.0 2.8
2.1 2.2

0.0
1999 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16
Source: State Health Department STAR-ADVERTISER

TYPES OF OPIOID DEATHS IN HAWAII

Annual number of fatal opioid poisonings among Hawaii residents, by type of
opioid, 1999-2017

80
Total 74 75
73
70 Heroin 68
66
Natural/semi-synth. 62
60 59 58
Methadone 56 56
55 53
Synthetic 51 49
50 46
43
40 38

30 29
30

20

10

0
1999 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 2017
Source: State Health Department STAR-ADVERTISER