New Hampshire Funding Priorities

Overdose prevention funding in New Hampshire

There were 107,968 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2022 (34.6 deaths per 100,000 standard population), a 1.2% increase from 2021.1

• There were 486 overdose deaths in New Hampshire in 20222
• There were 36.0 overdose deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in New Hampshire in 20222

Overdose prevention programs

• Overdose Data to Action in States
  • New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services: $2,697,194
• Public Health and Public Safety
  • Overdose Response Strategy: $87,600*

*average award amount

Examples of how New Hampshire is working to prevent overdose

Enhanced prescription drug monitoring program reports

New Hampshire enhanced their quarterly prescriber reports from a static PDF to an interactive format, allowing prescribers to better analyze patient prescription histories and provide prescriber peer comparisons. These reports have also been integrated into the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program system to help program staff better evaluate data within the reports.

Opioid overdose data for city level actions

New Hampshire delivers state and county-level non-fatal drug overdose information from Automated Hospital Emergency Discharge Data, the state's syndromic surveillance system, to the CDC monthly. These data are also provided monthly to the cities of Manchester and Nashua. These cities use this information to take timely outreach and prevention actions in neighborhoods in need of the most urgent attention for harm reduction and linkage to care services.