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Increase in opioid overdose deaths in Oklahoma in the 12-month period ending in July 2017 compared to the previous 12 months.
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts
Percentage of Oklahoma’s class of 2017 who scored a 3 or higher on an AP exam during high school, 7th lowest in the nation and just over half the national average (22.8%).
Source: College Board
Drop in Oklahoma’s Q2 2017 tax collections compared to the state’s pre-recession peak, the third largest decrease in the nation.
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts
Share of births in Oklahoma that were preterm, 2015.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
Average wait time to vote in Oklahoma during the 2016 general election.
Percentage increase of drug overdose deaths in Oklahoma over the last decade and a half.
Number of women enrolled in undergraduate colleges in Oklahoma, about 56 percent of all undergraduate students in the state (2016).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Number of women in Oklahoma age 85 years and over, 1.8 times more than the number of men at that age (2016).
Source: U.S. Census
Percentage of management jobs in Oklahoma held by women (2016).
Source: U.S. Census
Percentage of adults in Oklahoma who report being unable to see a doctor due to prohibitive costs.
Source: Prosperity Now
