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Urban–Rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, 1999–2019

Description
Examines age-adjusted drug overdose deaths in urban and rural counties. Includes urban-rural data on overdose deaths overall and for selected types of opioids and stimulants from 1999 through 2019. Identifies states with higher overdose deaths in rural counties, higher rates in urban counties, and states with no significant difference between rural and urban overdose death rates.
Author(s)
Holly Hedegaard, Merianne Rose Spencer
Date
03/2021
Type
Document
Organization
National Center for Health Statistics
Tagged as
Illicit drug use · Mortality · Prescription drug misuse · Rural-urban differences · State-by-state data · Statistics and data · State-by-state

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