The rate of neonatal abstinence syndrome in newborns increased 1,096 percent between 2000-01 and 2016-17.

The Pennsylvania Cost Containment Council tracked the rate of hospital stays for infants who are born with drugs in their systems.

Green County, in southwestern Pennsylvania, topped the list with a rate of 76 per thousand births. The lowest was Tioga County, with a rate of 3.2 per thousand.

Here are the rates per thousand babies in our area.

• Monroe County: 19.4.

• Carbon County: 19

• Schuylkill County: 13.6

• Northampton County: 8.4

• Lehigh County: 4.6