In the years between 2008 and 2017, there were 16,080 deaths recorded as being induced by drugs and/or alcohol. This calculates to 15.59% of the total number of deaths being attributed to substance abuse, which is five times higher than the overall rate in America. When we look at the ages of people dying from drugs and alcohol, we also see that the youth in Arapahoe County are dying at a rate three times faster than the rest of the country.