NJ Cares Data by County

NJ CARES

A Real-Time Dashboard of Opioid-Related Data and Information

Opioid Epidemic

Kelly Levy, Acting Director

Suspected Drug Related Deaths, Naloxone Administrations and PMP Data By County

Opioid-Related Data
Date Range: January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022

Atlantic

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
255	1,031	155,423

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	84	88	85	171	169	190	180	216	188	255
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	439	800	955	895	820	727	789	1,031
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	241,343	247,839	260,856	240,168	220,025	189,435	179,509	171,123	166,056	155,423

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	3,266	3,098	3,182	1,566	1,576	1,421	1,500	1,217	1,398	1,031
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	616	335	279	302	329	362	333	255
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.18	1.14	1.07	1.13	1.22	1.42	1.5	1.54	1.58	1.69

Bergen

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
186	672	273,266

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	91	81	85	99	129	141	162	182	220	186
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	331	457	613	677	768	647	680	672
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	442,151	446,614	474,269	446,233	413,016	366,699	342,048	299,416	286,765	273,266

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	10,112	11,404	10,906	9,384	7,237	6,726	5,854	5,112	4,229	5,002
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	2,801	2,033	1,523	1,401	1,235	1,438	1,368	1,385
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	2.08	2.07	1.95	2.08	2.26	2.59	2.77	3.11	3.24	3.40

Burlington

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
151	605	214,512

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	70	75	87	96	149	159	164	149	162	151
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	556	653	914	1,023	802	773	669	605
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	325,792	333,887	361,681	340,082	309,524	269,195	251,873	233,676	225,749	214,512

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	6,412	5,976	5,137	4,647	2,988	2,821	2,735	2,997	2,757	2,958
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	804	683	487	439	559	578	668	738
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.38	1.34	1.24	1.31	1.44	1.67	1.78	1.91	1.98	2.08

Camden

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
354	1,432	296,722

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	160	138	191	200	307	327	340	288	335	354
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	1,505	1,098	2,493	3,137	2,824	2,382	1,989	2,041
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	432,969	445,336	473,204	450,072	415,775	367,679	361,813	334,255	320,701	296,722

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	3,188	3,685	2,659	2,535	1,649	1,562	1,502	1,760	1,513	1,432
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	337	462	203	163	181	213	255	248
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.18	1.14	1.07	1.13	1.22	1.39	1.4	1.52	1.58	1.71

Cape May

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
44	210	59,443

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	30	24	32	32	59	43	59	63	63	44
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	169	226	249	228	266	261	253	210
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	100,413	100,150	105,264	95,816	87,167	75,622	70,541	68,032	63,496	59,443

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	3.184	3,955	2,943	2,927	1,579	2,176	1,586	1,453	1,453	2,081
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	557	415	374	410	359	351	362	436
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	0.95	0.95	0.89	0.98	1.07	1.24	1.35	1.35	1.44	1.54

Cumberland

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
76	431	92,596

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	22	27	38	53	75	112	91	76	68	76
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	178	283	461	688	521	558	478	431
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	141,118	144,222	152,874	142,201	133,576	116,128	107,133	102,717	100,002	92,596

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	7,096	5,781	4,075	2,893	2,023	1,362	1,676	1,934	2,162	1,934
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	870	542	329	222	293	263	308	341
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.11	1.08	1.01	1.08	1.14	1.31	1.42	1.43	1.47	1.59

Essex

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
450	2,852	230,033

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	132	114	146	271	370	368	428	356	407	450
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	481	1,131	1,675	1,613	1,664	1,688	2,085	2,852
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	331,097	347,179	387,274	368,828	350,336	304,498	280,123	248,753	243,920	230,033

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	5,961	6,921	5,414	2,925	2,151	2,196	1,889	2,249	1,967	1,779
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	1,643	701	475	501	486	474	384	281
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	2.38	2.27	2.04	2.15	2.27	2.65	2.89	3.22	3.28	3.48

Gloucester

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
87	461	173,833

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	71	51	65	88	123	144	138	129	110	87
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	452	574	797	674	677	587	568	461
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	282,090	300,495	294,806	265,057	239,025	206,348	184,810	177,876	176,291	173,833

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	4,081	5,697	4,474	3,303	2,365	2,029	2,117	2,273	2,666	3,371
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	643	506	365	434	432	500	516	636
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.03	0.97	0.99	1.10	1.22	1.42	1.58	1.65	1.66	1.69

Hudson

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
167	1,126	159,248

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	77	64	107	127	141	174	179	179	207	167
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	202	476	693	910	847	798	1,116	1,126
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	239,632	257,239	284,176	267,161	252,494	217,694	197,904	175,601	170,163	159,248

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	8,535	10,320	6,213	5,267	4,772	3,975	3,864	3,752	3,245	4,022
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	3,291	1,405	971	760	817	842	602	597
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	2.74	2.57	2.34	2.50	2.67	3.18	3.49	3.82	3.95	4.22

Hunterdon

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
18	61	37,440

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	8	12	14	20	22	19	13	19	30	18
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	58	58	77	75	83	81	64	61
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	62,314	62,132	65,882	59,559	54,572	47,741	44,257	40,770	39,924	37,440

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	15,798	10,487	8,957	6,233	5,665	6,582	9,620	6,568	4,160	6,933
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	2,162	2,149	1,619	1,667	1,507	1,541	1,950	2,046
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	2.03	2.03	1.90	2.09	2.28	2.62	2.83	3.06	3.13	3.33

Mercer

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
108	584	143,567

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	48	44	59	59	106	138	115	128	138	108
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	333	388	504	583	534	574	529	584
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	214,704	223,748	242,195	219,365	200,533	177,328	170,520	156,434	152,290	143,567

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	7,698	8,387	6,243	6,238	3,477	2,715	3,259	2,869	2,661	3,400
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	1,106	949	731	643	702	640	694	629
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.72	1.65	1.52	1.68	1.84	2.11	2.2	2.35	2.41	2.56

Middlesex

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
209	999	252,805

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	85	114	106	182	235	204	206	220	254	209
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	535	741	1,142	1,093	1117	1,088	965	999
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	415,971	410,090	420,999	392,706	371,591	335,385	312,026	275,314	269,827	252,805

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	9,669	7,231	7,791	4,538	3,522	4,131	4,091	3,740	3,239	3,937
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	1,544	1,115	725	771	755	756	853	824
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.98	2.01	1.96	2.10	2.23	2.51	2.7	2.99	3.05	3.25

Monmouth

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
151	990	268,450

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	85	111	122	164	172	215	187	186	174	151
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	453	714	671	968	760	850	951	990
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	426,892	428,833	431,993	401,916	371,731	329,159	313,895	281,654	279,639	268,450

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	7,376	5,636	5,117	3,801	3,618	2,913	3,349	3,325	3,554	4,095
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	1,378	873	927	647	824	728	650	625
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.47	1.46	1.45	1.55	1.67	1.90	2	2.20	2.21	2.30

Morris

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
64	398	159,911

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	46	51	44	71	89	88	86	99	84	64
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	97	211	371	404	321	339	354	398
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	253,278	255,018	267,462	243,692	231,540	204,760	191,484	169,512	167,166	159,911

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	10,785	9,706	11,237	6,985	5,553	5,678	5,810	4,960	5,846	7,673
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	5,097	2,341	1,332	1,237	1,557	1,449	1,387	1,234
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.96	1.94	1.85	2.03	2.13	2.44	2.61	2.90	2.94	3.07

Ocean

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
186	748	301,812

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	154	132	157	253	189	219	204	245	242	186
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	624	977	621	811	752	891	880	748
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	454,390	450,508	483,061	450,466	417,019	365,341	344,341	324,530	319,639	301,812

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	3,779	4,428	3,740	2,336	3,151	2,730	2,931	2,507	2,538	3,302
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	941	605	959	737	795	689	698	821
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.28	1.30	1.22	1.31	1.43	1.64	1.74	1.89	1.92	2.04

Passaic

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
143	799	147,066

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	64	61	83	108	131	182	171	185	155	143
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	180	389	703	768	846	741	606	799
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	244,285	256,722	274,370	249,572	228,643	198,258	185,356	168,052	157,427	147,066

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	7,875	8,275	6,079	4,665	3,845	2,817	2,998	2,705	3,228	3,499
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	2,803	1,295	716	667	606	675	826	626
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	2.06	1.97	1.84	2.02	2.20	2.59	2.77	2.98	3.18	3.40

Salem

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
22	154	31,615

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	5	7	18	18	19	31	43	36	25	22
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	70	98	147	168	185	195	156	154
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	56,809	58,113	59,641	55,123	51,196	42,897	37,535	36,149	34,135	31,615

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	12,958	9,190	3,540	3,511	3,307	2,026	1,460	1,735	2,498	2,839
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	910	645	427	374	339	320	400	406
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.14	1.11	1.07	1.15	1.23	1.46	1.67	1.73	1.83	1.98

Somerset

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
50	239	85,510

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	32	33	35	44	49	50	47	63	56	50
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	138	217	250	223	225	268	233	239
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	153,489	156,461	163,041	155,433	141,565	123,230	101,291	90,223	88,180	85,510

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	10,282	9,980	9,419	7,500	6,749	6,709	7,137	5,227	5,881	6,587
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	2,389	1,521	1,323	1,504	1,491	1,229	1,413	1,378
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	2.14	2.10	2.02	2.12	2.34	2.72	3.31	3.65	3.73	3.85

Sussex

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
28	95	60,635

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	13	17	25	36	36	34	41	48	32	28
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	50	74	146	127	121	119	115	95
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	90,629	90,600	89,363	81,932	81,085	72,476	70,329	65,386	63,630	60,635

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	11,201	8,505	5,720	3,943	3,922	4,167	3,456	2,917	4,375	5,000
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	2,860	1,918	967	1,116	1,171	1,176	1,217	1,474
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.61	1.60	1.60	1.73	1.74	1.95	2.01	2.14	2.20	2.31

Union

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
114	857	152,910

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	45	47	67	98	131	138	147	143	145	114
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	276	438	709	830	851	736	789	857
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	267,683	250,763	265,456	249,316	226,862	196,202	187,039	165,992	160,401	152,910

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	12,139	11,666	8,214	5,646	4,329	4,086	3,836	3,884	3,830	4,872
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	1,994	1,263	783	679	663	755	704	648
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	2.04	2.19	2.07	2.22	2.45	2.87	3.01	3.35	3.46	3.63

Warren

Suspected Overdose Deaths	Naloxone Administrations	Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
30	99	51,323

Historic Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Suspected Overdose Deaths	14	13	21	31	36	30	20	36	28	30
Naloxone Administrations	N/A	N/A	96	104	142	185	120	134	116	99
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	79,413	80,568	82,997	77,635	69,855	60,570	56,982	52,057	52,489	51,323

Historic Population Based Data (2013-2022)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Population for Every One Overdose Death	7,636	8,230	5,083	3,422	2,941	3,560	5,340	2,934	3,772	3,521
Population for Every One Naloxone Administration	N/A	N/A	1,112	1,020	746	577	890	788	911	1,067
Population for Every One Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed	1.35	1.33	1.29	1.37	1.52	1.76	1.87	2.03	2.01	2.06

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