Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

Compared to Distribution

an indicator guage with the arrow in the green the value is in the best half of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the yellow the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the red the value is in the worst quarter of communities.

Compared to Target

green circle with white tick inside it meets target; red circle with white cross inside it does not meet target.

Compared to a Single Value

green diamond with downward arrow inside it lower than the comparison value; red diamond with downward arrow inside it higher than the comparison value; blue diamond with downward arrow inside it not statistically different from comparison value.

Trend

green square outline with upward trending arrow inside it green square outline with downward trending arrow inside it non-significant change over time; green square with upward trending arrow inside it green square with downward trending arrow inside it significant change over time; blue square with equals sign no change over time.

Compared to Prior Value

green triangle with upward trending arrow inside it higher than the previous measurement period; green triangle with downward trending arrow inside it lower than the previous measurement period; blue equals sign no statistically different change from previous measurement period.

green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

gray chart bars No data on significance available

Age-Adjusted Unintentional Opioid-Related Death Rate

County: Cuyahoga

Measurement Period: 2017

Filter: none (all Counties)

Why is this important?

Unintentional drug overdoses are one of the leading cause of injury related death in the U.S. Frequently drug overdose deaths involve prescription drugs (such as opioids or benzodiazepines) or heroin, however, there has been a recent increase in the use of stronger synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and carfentanil. Fentanyl can be 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin and carfentanil can be 100 times stronger than fentanyl. Several policies have been enacted to reduce the number of opioid deaths in Ohio including: increasing law enforcement, decreasing use and availability of pain medications, and expanding access to Naloxone.

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