The Region's Outsized Share of OxyContin

Five of the top 15 large U.S. counties with the highest per-capita orders of OxyContin in 2009 were in the Philadelphia area.

Figures are in morphine milligram equivalents, or MMEs, a standard measurement of how much addictive substance a patient is receiving.

Table: DOMINIQUE DeMOE / Staff Artist Source: Inquirer analysis of ARCOS database