LouisvilleBowling GreenOwensboroCovingtonGeorgetownRichmondFlorenceElizabethtown Expert Insights The drug overdose death rate in Kentucky more than doubled from 25 per 100,000 residents in 2011 to 55.6 in 2021. In the same period, the rate across the U.S. rose to 32.4. Opioid overdoses were the ...