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

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• Description:
  Key findings
  
  Data from the NationalVital 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 NationalVital 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/mortality Rural Population Street Drugs Substance-Related Disorders Urban Population
• Source:
  NCHS data brief ; no. 345 ; DHHS publication ; no. 2019-1209
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  345
• Collection(s):
  Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) National Center for Health Statistics
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