Naloxone Dispensing Rate Maps

Key points

  • More than 2.1 million naloxone prescriptions were dispensed from retail pharmacies in 2023.
  • The overall rate of naloxone dispensed from retail pharmacies in the US increased from 0.3 to 0.6 per 100 persons from 2019 to 2023.
  • Naloxone dispensing rates varied widely across the country.
  • States with the highest naloxone dispensing rates per 100 persons in 2023 include: Wyoming (2.5), Arkansas (1.9), New Mexico (1.6), Rhode Island (1.4), and Kentucky (1.3).
  • States with the lowest naloxone dispensing rates per 100 persons in 2023 include: Georgia (0.3), Iowa (0.3), Minnesota (0.3), New Hampshire (0.3), South Dakota (0.3), and Texas (0.3).

Naloxone data

Naloxone and other opioid overdose reversal agents are life-saving medications.12 The data in the maps show the geographic distribution in the United States of retail pharmacy dispensed naloxone prescriptions per 100 persons per year from 2019–2023.A

Data are displayed as maps that portray the estimated rate of naloxone prescriptions per 100 persons per year for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.B Click on a state to reveal its naloxone dispensing rate or view the corresponding data table for additional information.

State naloxone dispensing rates

Note: Rates are subject to change with future data updates.

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Content Source:
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  1. Source for all dispensing data: IQVIA Xponent 2019–2023. IQVIA Xponent is based on a sample of approximately 54,600 retail (non-hospital) pharmacies, which dispense nearly 94% of all retail prescriptions in the United States. For this database, a prescription is a new or refilled prescription dispensed at a retail pharmacy in the sample and paid for by commercial insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, cash or its equivalent, and other third-party coverage. This database does not include mail-order prescriptions. Geographic location is based on the location of the prescriber. Methadone dispensed through methadone treatment programs is not included in the IQVIA Xponent data. For the calculation of dispensing rates, numerators are the projected total number of naloxone prescriptions dispensed annually at the state, county, or national level. Annual resident population denominators were obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
  2. These data do not include naloxone sold over the counter.
  1. Lifesaving Naloxone (cdc.gov)
  2. Information about Naloxone and Nalmefene | FDA