New Release: Urban–rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, by Sex, Age, and Type of Drugs Involved, 2017

Urban–rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, by Sex, Age, and Type of Drugs Involved, 2017

Key Findings
Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality

•The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths was higher in urban than in rural counties (22.0 and 20.0 per 100,000, respectively).
•For males, rates were higher in urban than in rural counties (29.9 and 24.3). For females, rates were higher in rural than in urban counties (15.5 and 14.2).
•Rates were higher in urban than in rural counties for drug overdose deaths involving heroin (5.2 and 2.9), synthetic opioids other than methadone (9.3 and 7.0), and cocaine (4.6 and 2.4).
•Rates were higher in rural than in urban counties for drug overdose deaths involving natural and semisynthetic opioids (4.9 and 4.3), and psychostimulants with abuse potential (4.0 and 3.1).

Keywords poisoning, opioids, heroin, National Vital Statistics System Mortality File

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Urban–rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, by Sex, Age, and Type of Drugs Involved, 2017


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