Urban-rural differences in drug overdose death rates, by sex, age, and type of drugs involved, 2017

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• Personal Author:
  Hedegaard, Holly ; Curtin, Sally C. ; Warner, Margaret
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Key findings ; Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality ; The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths was higher in urban than in rural counties (22.0 and 20.0 per 100,000, respectively). ; For males, rates were higher in urban than in rural counties (29.9 and 24.3). For females, rates were higher in rural than in urban counties (15.5 and 14.2). ; Rates were higher in urban than in rural counties for drug overdose deaths involving heroin (5.2 and 2.9), synthetic opioids other than methadone (9.3 and 7.0), and cocaine (4.6 and 2.4). ; Rates were higher in rural than in urban counties for drug overdose deaths involving natural and semisynthetic opioids (4.9 and 4.3), and psychostimulants with abuse potential (4.0 and 3.1). ; Drug overdose deaths remain a significant public health concern in the United States (1-3). This report uses the most recent data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to examine urban-rural differences in drug overdose death rates by sex, age group, and the type of drugs involved. ; CS308090 ; db345-h.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Drug Overdose
  • Drug Overdose / mortality
  • Illicit Drugs
  • Rural Population
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Urban Population
• Source:
  National Vital Statistics System
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Issue:
  345
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/80469/cdc_80469_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 404.98 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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