Opioids
Drug Misuse
SHA 2023 measures
SHA 2023 measures - Christina Joshua
Arkansas Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Mortality Rates
Current Value
22.3
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Data Description and Source
Description: Negative trend. Deaths related to overdose of drug and opioid are on the rise. Mortality rate for drug and opioid related overdose increased from 13.1 per 100,000 population in 2012 to 22.2 per 100,000 population in 2021.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER).
Notes: Age-adjusted rates are shown. Rates are per 100,000 population. ICD-10 codes X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, Y10-Y14.