The Cash Costs

Health Care $254 million

Public Safety $355 million

Social Services $838 million

Costs to Business $297 million

Property Loss $123 million

Lost Productivity $5 billion 

Not the people of Oklahoma!  Cash alone does not tell the tale of harm to Oklahoma residents, the human costs and effect on the daily lives of many hardworking people, struggling to find hope and support for chronic illness, with great social impact.

The Human Costs

85% of all homicides

80% of all prison incarcerations (OK ranks 1st in the nation in the incarceration of women, 4th for men)

75% of all divorces (Oklahoma ranks third in national divorce rate)

65% of all child abuse cases

55% of all domestic assaults

50% or more of all accidental deaths from fire, falls & drownings

50% of all traffic fatalities

40% of work-related fatal injuries

35% of all rapes 34% of all suicides

 (Over 500 Oklahomans take their lives each year, Oklahoma's suicide rate ranks seventh in the nation)