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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Jan 18;208:107858. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.107858

Table 1.

Estimated number of lives saved (net) and lives saved per 10,000 persons incarcerated among persons with recent incarceration if wide scale uptake of screening and medications for OUD had occurred in US prisons and jails, by state in 2016, stratified hv estimates with receiving treatment alone and receiving treatment with post-release retention

State Lives saved with medications
for OUD in prisons & jails
median (95% SI)
Lives saved per 10,000
persons incarcerated with
medications for OUD in
prisons & jails
median (95% SI)
Lives saved with medications
for OUD in prisons & jails and
post-release retention in
treatment
median (95% SI)
Lives saved per 10,000 persons
incarcerated with medications for
OUD in prisons & jails and post-
release retention in treatment
median (95% SI)
Alabama 15 (−22 – 41) 4 (−5 – 10) 35 (21 – 45) 9 (5 – 11)
Alaska 4 (−6 – 11) 9 (−14 – 25) 10 (6 – 12) 23 (14 – 27)
Arizona 34 (−51 – 92) 6 (−9 – 17) 80 (49 – 101) 15 (9 – 18)
Arkansas 7 (−11 – 20) 3 (−5 – 8) 18 (11 – 22) 8 (5 – 9)
California 89 (−134 – 241) 4 (−7 – 12) 212 (129 – 270) 10 (6 – 13)
Colorado 23 (−36 – 63) 7 (−11 – 20) 56 (34 – 70) 17 (11 – 22)
Connecticut 37 (−55 – 102) 25 (−37 – 68) 89 (53 – 113) 59 (35 – 75)
Delaware 7 (−11 – 18) 11 (−17 – 27) 16 (10 – 20) 24 (15 – 30)
District of Columbia 9 (−13 – 25) 50 (−72 – 139) 22 (13 – 28) 122 (72 – 156)
Florida 121 (−187 – 334) 8 (−12 – 22) 289 (174 – 367) 19 (12 – 24)
Georgia 39 (−61 – 109) 4 (−7 – 12) 95 (58 – 121) 10 (6 – 13)
Hawaii 3 (−5 – 9) 5 (−9 – 16) 8 (5 – 10) 14 (9 – 18)
Idaho 5 (−7 – 14) 4 (−6 – 12) 12 (7 – 16) 11 (6 – 14)
Illinois 87 (−123 – 232) 14 (−20 – 38) 204 (125 – 259) 34 (21 – 43)
Indiana 34 (−52 – 95) 8 (−12 – 22) 84 (51 – 106) 19 (12 – 25)
Iowa 8 (−12 – 22) 6 (−9 – 16) 19 (11 – 24) 14 (8 – 18)
Kansas 6 (−10 – 17) 3 (−6 – 10) 15 (9 – 19) 9 (5 – 11)
Kentucky 43 (−67 – 116) 12 (−19 – 33) 103 (62 – 131) 30 (18 – 38)
Louisiana 15 (−23 – 41) 3 (−5 – 9) 36 (22 – 46) 8 (5 – 10)
Maine 13 (−20 – 35) 32 (−49 – 85) 32 (19 – 40) 78 (46 – 98)
Maryland 80 (−121 – 216) 28 (−43 – 76) 191 (117 – 242) 67 (41 – 85)
Massachusetts 89 (−126 – 237) 46 (−65 – 122) 208 (127 – 264) 107 (65 – 136)
Michigan 76 (−115 – 208) 13 (−20 – 37) 185 (113 – 234) 33 (20 – 41)
Minnesota 17 (−26 – 47) 10 (−16 – 29) 41 (25 – 52) 25 (15 – 32)
Mississippi 8 (−12 – 21) 3 (−4 – 7) 19 (11 – 24) 7 (4 – 8)
Missouri 39 (−62 – 108) 9 (−14 – 24) 95 (58 – 121) 21 (13 – 27)
Montana 2 (−3 – 5) 4 (−5 – 9) 4 (3 – 6) 7 (5 – 11)
Nebraska 2 (−3 – 5) 2 (−3 – 6) 5 (3 – 6) 6 (3 – 7)
Nevada 17 (−28 – 48) 8 (−14 – 24) 42 (26 – 54) 21 (13 – 27)
New Hampshire 19 (−28 – 52) 42 (−62 – 116 46 (28 – 58) 102 (62 – 129)
New Jersey 61 (−93 – 166) 19 (−29 – 36) 147 (91 – 187) 46 (28 – 58)
New Mexico 15 (−23 – 41) 10 (−16 – 28) 36 (22 – 46) 24 (15 – 31)
New York 131 (−200 – 358) 18 (−27 – 48) 313 (190 – 397) 42 (26 – 53)
North Carolina 66 (−101 – 178) 12 (−19 – 33) 156 (94 – 198) 29 (17 – 37)
North Dakota 2 (−4 – 6) 6 (−13 – 19) 6 (3 – 7) 19 (10 – 23)
Ohio 158 (−239 – 426) 22 (−34 – 60) 374 (230 – 477) 53 (32 – 63)
Oklahoma 19 (−31 – 52) 5 (−8 – 13) 46 (28 – 58) 12 (7 – 15)
Oregon 14 (−22 – 37) 7 (−11 – 18) 33 (20 – 42) 16 (10 – 20)
Pennsylvania 98 (−147 – 265) 12 (−18 – 32) 233 (140 – 296) 28 (17 – 36)
Rhode Island 12 (−19 – 33) 39 (−61 – 106) 29 (17 – 36) 94 (55 – 116)
South Carolina 27 (−40 – 75) 8 (−3 – 23) 65 (39 – 83) 20 (12 – 26)
South Dakota 2 (−3 – 5) 3 (−5 – 9) 4 (3 – 6) 7 (5 – 10)
Tennessee 52 (−79 – 140) 11 (−16 – 29) 123 (75 – 156) 25 (15 – 32)
Texas 60 (−88 – 164) 3 (−4 – 8) 144 (90 – 183) 7 (4 – 8)
Utah 20 (−31 – 55) 17 (−26 – 47) 49 (30 – 62) 42 (26 – 53)
Vermont 4 (−7 – 12) 24 (−41 – 71) 10 (6 – 13) 59 (35 – 76)
Virginia 49 (−74 – 134) 9 (−13 – 23) 117 (70 – 148) 20 (12 – 26)
Washington 30 (−47 – 83) 10 (−15 – 27) 74 (45 – 93) 24 (15 – 31)
West Virginia 32 (−48 – 86) 32 (−48 – 85) 75 (45 – 96) 74 (45 – 95)
Wisconsin 38 (−58 – 103) 11 (−16 – 29) 90 (54 – 115) 25 (15 – 32)
Wyoming 2 (−3 – 6) 5 (−8 – 15) 5 (3 – 7) 13 (8 – 18)
Overall 1840 (−2757 – 4959) 668 (−1008 – 1812) 4400 (2675 – 5557) 1609 (972 – 2037)