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Drug delivery resulting in death citations at a five-year high in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG— Drug delivery resulting in death charges statewide have increased by 1,267 percent between 2013 and 2017. In Pennsylvania, a drug delivery resulting in death charge is issued to a person who intentionally administers, dispenses, delivers, gives, prescribes, sells or distributes any controlled substance or counterfeit controlled substance, and another person dies as a result of using the substance.  

County-specific drug delivery resulting in death data-Some counties are not included in the results because the charges were not filed in those counties for the specified date range.
 
County
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Total
Percentage of Total
Adams
0
0
0
0
1
1
0.24%
Allegheny
0
0
0
1
6
7
1.70%
Armstrong
0
0
0
0
1
1
0.24%
Beaver
0
0
0
2
9
11
2.67%
Berks
0
0
2
1
1
4
0.97%
Blair
0
0
1
5
13
19
4.61%
Bradford
1
1
0
0
0
2
0.49%
Bucks
2
3
6
6
6
23
5.58%
Butler
0
1
1
4
2
8
1.94%
Cambria
0
0
0
0
1
1
0.24%
Centre
0
1
0
0
4
5
1.21%
Chester
0
3
3
0
9
15
3.64%
Clarion
1
0
0
1
2
4
0.97%
Clearfield
1
0
1
0
0
2
0.49%
Clinton
0
0
0
0
1
1
0.24%
Columbia
0
0
0
2
0
2
0.49%
Crawford
0
0
0
0
1
1
0.24%
Cumberland
2
3
6
2
7
20
4.85%
Dauphin
0
7
3
6
15
31
7.52%
Delaware
0
1
0
0
3
4
0.97%
Erie
0
1
0
0
1
2
0.49%
Fayette
0
1
0
0
0
1
0.24%
Franklin
0
1
2
2
17
22
5.34%
Fulton
0
0
0
2
0
2
0.49%
Indiana
3
3
0
0
0
6
1.46%
Juniata
0
0
1
0
0
1
0.24%
Lackawanna
0
2
0
3
0
5
1.21%
Lancaster
0
1
0
10
25
36
8.74%
Lebanon
0
0
8
9
1
18
4.37%
Luzerne
0
0
0
0
5
5
1.21%
Lycoming
0
1
3
1
0
5
1.21%
McKean
0
0
0
0
3
3
0.73%
Mifflin
0
0
2
1
0
3
0.73%
Monroe
2
2
1
5
1
11
2.67%
Montgomery
0
1
0
3
11
15
3.64%
Northampton
0
0
0
2
1
3
0.73%
Northumberland
0
0
1
0
0
1
0.24%
Philadelphia
0
0
0
4
3
7
1.70%
Potter
0
1
0
1
1
3
0.73%
Schuylkill
0
0
0
2
3
5
1.21%
Snyder
0
0
0
1
0
1
0.24%
Somerset
0
0
0
2
13
15
3.64%
Tioga
0
0
0
1
0
1
0.24%
Venango
0
1
0
2
0
3
0.73%
Warren
0
0
0
1
0
1
0.24%
Washington
2
0
0
1
3
6
1.46%
Wayne
0
0
0
1
0
1
0.24%
Westmoreland
0
12
3
0
11
26
6.31%
York
1
2
10
5
24
42
10.19%
Grand Total
15
49
54
89
205
412
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