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Vital Signs: Changes in Opioid Prescribing in the United States, 2006-2015

Description
Reports on opioid prescribing in the United States from 2006 to 2015. Includes data for metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore (rural) counties. Also offers maps showing county-level prescriptions per capita in 2015 and changes in prescriptions per capita from 2010 to 2015.
Author(s)
Gery P. Guy Jr., Kun Zhang, Michele K. Bohm, et al.
Citation
MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 66(26), 697-704
Date
07/2017
Type
Document
Organization
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tagged as
County-by-county data · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data

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