Understanding Declining Rates of Drug Overdose Mortality in Eastern Kentucky
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Description
Identifies policies and strategies that might have contributed to the decline in drug overdose mortality in the 5-year periods from 2008-2012 to 2013-2017 in 8 counties in eastern Kentucky. Offers recommendations for approaches that could be implemented in other communities. Includes statistics on overdose mortality in 8 eastern Kentucky counties; a county-level map showing changes in rates of overdose mortality in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Ohio; and a graph showing rates of overdose mortality in the Appalachian counties of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia from 1999-2019.
Date
04/2021
Organizations
NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health
Tagged as
Appalachia
· Illicit drug use
· Mortality
· Prescription drug misuse
· Statistics and data
· Kentucky
· North Carolina
· Ohio
· Pennsylvania
· Tennessee
· West Virginia
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Organizations (2)
- NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, view details
- University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health, view details