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. 2019 Apr 24;80(2):201–210. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2019.80.201

Table 4.

Comprehensive costs of drug poisoning deaths among adolescents and young adults, by state, 2015

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State Medical costs (2015 million $) Work loss costs (2015 million $) Quality of life loss (2015 million $) Total costs (2015 million $)
Alabama 0.2 120.7 382.8 503.7
Arizona 0.7 221.9 688.2 910.8
Arkansas 0.1 57.4 181.9 239.4
California 2.1 633.9 1,980.7 2,616.7
Colorado 0.3 123.6 389.7 513.6
Connecticut 0.3 138.5 416.9 555.6
Florida 1.7 483.0 1,515.2 1,999.9
Georgia 0.9 227.9 706.7 935.5
Illinois 1.0 365.6 1,147.6 1,514.2
Indiana 1.1 257.4 815.8 1,074.2
Iowa 0.3 46.5 144.0 190.7
Kentucky 0.6 145.9 457.3 603.9
Louisiana 0.3 110.2 330.0 440.5
Maryland 0.8 199.2 619.1 819.1
Massachusetts 1.0 327.8 1,004.0 1,332.8
Michigan 1.1 324.6 1,029.6 1,355.2
Minnesota 0.2 94.9 287.1 382.2
Missouri 0.8 227.5 724.3 952.5
Nevada 0.3 77.9 245.1 323.3
New Hampshire 0.2 84.5 263.1 347.8
New Jersey 0.8 317.6 965.5 1,283.9
New Mexico 0.1 72.8 225.2 298.1
New York 1.6 568.5 1,734.4 2,304.5
North Carolina 0.7 245.8 755.8 1,002.2
Ohio 1.7 529.3 1,651.1 2,182.1
Oklahoma 0.1 76.0 231.6 307.7
Oregon 0.2 57.2 174.6 232.0
Pennsylvania 1.8 600.0 1,877.7 2,479.5
Rhode Island 0.2 48.4 150.2 198.8
South Carolina 0.2 74.7 231.0 305.9
Tennessee 0.7 174.6 544.6 719.9
Texas 1.8 501.7 1,553.7 2,057.2
Utah 0.4 98.9 306.4 405.7
Virginia 0.6 213.6 655.5 869.7
Washington 0.6 141.7 452.4 594.8
West Virginia 0.3 91.5 295.6 387.4
Wisconsin 0.3 123.1 389.1 512.5
United States 27.1 8,520.8 26,506.9 35,054.8

Notes: Costs for Alaska, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming not reported because of < 20 drug poisoning deaths in those states.