Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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A colored U.S. state map indicates covid deaths per 100,000 people in blue. Dark blue indicates more than 400. Medium blue indicates 300 to 400. Light blue indicates 200 to 299. The lightest blue indicates less than 200.

Opioid deaths per 100,000 people by state

US / CA States

North America

Opioid Deaths (U.S.)

Deaths per 100,000 people

Saskatchewan

Nebraska

Louisiana

Alberta

Pennsylvania

Manitoba

Ontario

A map highlights the regions of the world with areas affected by wind erosion highlighted in dark red and water erosion-affected areas highlighted in dark blue.

Areas of soil degradation where human activities result in high or very high levels of water and wind erosion

Soil Erosion

In North America, wind erosion significantly impacts the Great Plains in southern Canada and the adjacent northern Great Plains of the United States. This issue extends to the southern plains, affecting regions in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Water erosion is prevalent in the eastern plains, the Midwest, parts of the Mississippi River Valley, Michigan, southern Ontario, and the mountainous areas of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. In the western United States, water erosion affects parts of California and eastern Washington, while wind erosion is notable in the deserts of southern California, Arizona, and Nevada. Western Mexico faces water erosion along its length, which continues through Central America to Panama and includes major Caribbean islands like Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Wind erosion is also observed in northern Mexico. In South America, water erosion is prominent along the Andes mountains from Venezuela to Bolivia, in central Chile south of Santiago, and along Brazil's Atlantic coast from Recife southward to southeastern areas. The southern Andes of Bolivia and northern Chile experience wind erosion, as does east-central Brazil. Northwestern Europe sees minimal soil erosion, but water erosion does occur in Spain, southeastern and central Europe, and western Russia, extending into Siberia in Asia. Ukraine and southern Russia are susceptible to wind erosion. In North Africa, wind erosion affects the northern Sahara from Algeria to western Egypt and extends across the Sahel from Mauritania to Sudan. Sub-Saharan Africa has scattered water erosion patches in West Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, southern Africa (notably South Africa), and Madagascar. Southwest Asia experiences widespread wind erosion on the Arabian Peninsula and in Iran, while water erosion impacts Turkey, northern Iran, Yemen, and southern Oman. Central Asia faces water erosion in northwestern Kazakhstan and Afghanistan. In South Asia, northwest India deals with wind erosion, whereas water erosion is widespread across India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and parts of Bangladesh. Southeast Asia encounters extensive water erosion in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia (particularly Borneo and Java). East Asia experiences water erosion in large parts of eastern China and wind erosion in northern China, eastern Mongolia, and various areas in western China. In Oceania, small areas of water erosion are found in eastern and western Australia, Vanuatu, and New Zealand’s North Island.

	Opioid Deaths (U.S.)			Soil Erosion
	Class	Rank	Deaths per 100,000 people	Wind erosion	Water erosion
Alaska		16	338
Connecticut		7	399
Delaware		3	520
District of Columbia		1	792
Florida		25	271
Georgia		35	190
Maine		5	468
Massachusetts		14	357
New Hampshire		17	328
New Jersey		21	289
New York		38	162
North Carolina		34	197
Rhode Island		15	348
South Carolina		11	374
Vermont		8	399
Arizona		19	304	4.22%
Utah		40	149	0.308%
Idaho		41	145		3.94%
Washington		13	362		36.9%
Wyoming		39	157	6.47%	2.84%
Montana		43	113	17.8%
North Dakota		45	110	95.1%	0.109%
Kentucky		6	435		5.48%
Virginia		26	269		7.05%
Saskatchewan				12.1%
Mississippi		37	168		21.9%
West Virginia		2	735		11.5%
Nebraska				0.826%	52.2%
Texas		44	113	23.3%	0.427%
Missouri		22	283		60.6%
Louisiana					1.69%
Hawaii		46	90		57.1%
Oregon		18	321		5.56%
Alabama		29	249		7.26%
New Mexico		12	370	67.8%
Kansas		36	181	12.3%	62.5%
Wisconsin		28	261		43.5%
Michigan		27	266		1.12%
Alberta				4.93%
Pennsylvania					25.9%
Colorado		30	242	30.2%	6.74%
Nevada		23	281	11.8%
Maryland		9	392		5.23%
Manitoba				6.10%
Oklahoma		32	217	29.4%	17.9%
Tennessee		4	480		12.6%
Ontario					2.00%
California		31	237	19.7%	24.3%
Arkansas		42	118		4.12%
South Dakota		48	43.8	48.9%	18.4%
Ohio		10	391		4.56%
Indiana		20	300		12.0%
Minnesota		33	202	9.96%	35.6%
Iowa		47	81.1		100%
Illinois		24	275		84.6%

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Opioid Deaths (U.S.)