The Opioid Crisis in Rural and Small Town America
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Description
Provides data on opioid mortality rates in 2016 and changes in opioid mortality from 1999 through 2016 for metropolitan and nonmetro counties. Also provides metro/nonmetro data on drug overdoses by type of opioid - heroin, prescription opioids, synthetic opioids, and unspecified opioids - from 1999 through 2016. Discusses challenges rural areas face in addressing the opioid crisis.
Author(s)
Shannon M. Monnat, Khary K. Rigg
Date
2018
Type
Document
Organization
Carsey School of Public Policy
Tagged as
Illicit drug use · Mortality · Prescription drug misuse · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data