Trends in Drug Overdose Mortality Rates in Kentucky, 2019-2020

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Evaluates the changes in drug overdose mortality rates for Kentucky residents, using provisional 2020 death certificate data from the Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics. Features statistics on Kentucky drug overdose deaths by month from 2011-2020, and Kentucky drug overdose mortality rates and rate ratios by demographic group from 2019-2020, with breakdowns by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan residence.

Svetla Slavova, Dana Quesinberry, Sarah Hargrove, et al.

JAMA Network Open, 4(7)

07/2021

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Illicit drug use · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Kentucky