The Opioid Crisis: Impact on Native American Communities

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Describes the opioid crisis impact on Non-Hispanic Native American communities since 2000. Compares deaths for Native Americans with the general U.S. population and the general New Mexican population. Also shows impact of different types of opioids and deaths for Non-Hispanic Native Americans by gender and age in 2021 as well as drug use among Native American high school students in New Mexico in 2021 by drug type.

04/2023

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Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center

American Indian or Alaska Native · Children and youth · Illicit drug use · Mortality · Prescription drug misuse · Statistics and data · New Mexico