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Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality
- From 1999 through 2019, the rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 6.4 per 100,000 to 22.0 in urban counties and from 4.0 to 19.6 in rural counties.
- In 2019, rates in rural counties were higher than in urban counties in California, Connecticut, North Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia.
Keywords
opioids, methamphetamine, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality (NVSS–M)
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From 2016-2019, the age-adjusted drug overdose death rates were higher in urban counties than in rural counties.
Suggested Citation:
Hedegaard H, Spencer MR. Urban–rural differences in drug overdose death rates, 1999–2019. NCHS Data Brief, no 403. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2021. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/
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