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Drug Delivery Resulting in Death Charges in Pennsylvania
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September 11, 2020
Drug delivery resulting in death (DDRD) charges statewide have increased by 356 percent between 2015 and 2019. In Pennsylvania, a DDRD 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.
The infographic below highlights key data and demographics about DDRD charges in Pennsylvania over the past five years. Download a high-resolution file of the graphic and view county-by-county stats included at the end of this release.
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Editor’s Note:
Statewide number of offenses filed on criminal cases from 1/1/2015 through 12/31/2019 for a Drug Delivery Resulting in Death Offense; Grouped by County
| County | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Total | Percentage of Total |
| Adams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.23% |
| Allegheny | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 2.18% |
| Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0.92% |
| Beaver | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 2.18% |
| Bedford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.23% |
| Berks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1.49% |
| Blair | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 2.53% |
| Bucks | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 36 | 4.13% |
| Butler | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1.38% |
| Cambria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.46% |
| Centre | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1.26% |
| Chester | 3 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 49 | 5.63% |
| Clarion | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1.38% |
| Clearfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.11% |
| Clinton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.11% |
| Columbia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.23% |
| Crawford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.57% |
| Cumberland | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 4.94% |
| Dauphin | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 48 | 5.51% |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1.03% |
| Elk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1.03% |
| Erie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 1.49% |
| Fayette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.92% |
| Franklin | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 37 | 4.25% |
| Fulton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.23% |
| Huntingdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.23% |
| Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.11% |
| Jefferson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.23% |
| Juniata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.11% |
| Lackawanna | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0.92% |
| Lancaster | 0 | 10 | 25 | 43 | 21 | 99 | 11.37% |
| Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.23% |
| Lebanon | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2.18% |
| Lehigh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.69% |
| Luzerne | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.69% |
| Lycoming | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.46% |
| McKean | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.34% |
| Mercer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.46% |
| Mifflin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.46% |
| Monroe | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 2.99% |
| Montgomery | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 3.44% |
| Northampton | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.69% |
| Northumberland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.34% |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1.49% |
| Pike | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 3.10% |
| Potter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.23% |
| Schuylkill | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.69% |
| Snyder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.23% |
| Somerset | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 3.67% |
| Tioga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.11% |
| Venango | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0.80% |
| Warren | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.34% |
| Washington | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0.92% |
| Wayne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0.57% |
| Westmoreland | 3 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 51 | 5.86% |
| Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.11% |
| York | 10 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 43 | 100 | 11.48% |
| Grand Total | 54 | 91 | 208 | 272 | 246 | 871 | n/a |