Work Requirement May Be Pushing Oklahomans Off Food Stamps
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The number of people receiving food stamps in Oklahoma has dropped, and officials attribute the decline to a reactivated work requirement.
How Many People Died of Drug Overdoses in Your Area?
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Some counties have far higher rates of drug-overdose fatalities than others. What was the number and rate of deaths in your county?
Millions of Pills
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The number of prescriptions filled in Oklahoma for the addictive painkillers hydrocodone and oxycodone have continued to rise in recent years despite concerted efforts to crack down on overprescribing and doctor shopping. These figures include all prescriptions logged into the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program. Officials say they are understated, because some dispensing facilities do not participate in the PMP program. (in dosage units)
Biggest Killers
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Prescription drugs are responsible for three of every four overdose deaths in Oklahoma.
Non-Medical Use of Painkillers
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Oklahoma ranks in the top 10 states in non-medical use of prescription painkillers, according to a 2012 federal survey.
Interactive: Poverty in Oklahoma, by County
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An interactive mapping of population percentages across Oklahoma.
Oklahomans Take Out Fewer Payday Loans
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The number of Oklahomans getting high-interest payday loans fell slightly in 2012.
Is Your Hospital Losing Money?
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See the financial results for all general hospitals in Oklahoma from 2007 through 2012.
Data-Driven: Hospitals with Largest and Smallest Profits
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A glance at small and large Oklahoma hospital with the greatest and least profit margins.