Accessing County Data on Drug Deaths and Other Health Measures

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COUNTY HEALTHRANKINGS: A GO-TO

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Jordan Reese, Senior Communications

Ofcer, RWJF

Chuck Alexander, Principal and Director,Public ealth, !urness


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regulation on pain management for Medicarepatients, UGA


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"This is an issue that affects everybody, from all walks of life,and there are things that can be done about this," said Catlin.

"We don't have to sit back and watch this happen. There are

things every community can do to save lives, such as

tracking prescriptions, safe disposal of drugs, increased

access to prescription medicine that can reduce overdoses,

and more training of first responders (on how to administer

those drugs.“

- Bridget Catlin, PhD, MHSA Senior Scientist


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! deeper dive into the figures suggests that opioid abuse

does not alone account for the dramatic increase in

overdoses. While accidental deaths from recreational

drug use are unuestionably on the rise, the topline

figures encompass a wide variety of substances, from

antidepressants and stimulants to street drugs to

hormones and antibiotics.


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#rug overdoses are "all around us," said $ulie %iller,

administrator of the health department in rural

&oone County, West irginia, where the report

identified the overdose death rate at more than )per every )**,*** people.

"! couple of years ago, people were surprised to

hear of a fatal overdose,+ she said. -ow, it's not out

of the ordinary."


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t/s such a fast0moving

problem,+ said #eborah

#eatrick, senior vice

president of community

health for %aine1ealth.We have to get a

handle on this and do

something uickly.+

2verdose deaths are higher

in rural areas because those

areas tend to have higher

rates of poverty,+ according to

!manda $ovaag, a researcherwho worked on the report. t

also takes emergency medical

technicians longer to respond

to overdoses in rural areas.+


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