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2018 Population Health Dashboards <br />Orange County, NC <br />2- SUMH18 <br /> <br />Opioid Use and Drug Overdose <br />Sources: SCHS Mortality statistics (2015-16) and NC Injury and Prevention Branch (2016) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Summary: <br />The drug overdose mortality rate in Orange County has increased from 5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents in 2014 to 12.6 deaths per 100,000 <br />residents in 2016. The rate of opioid overdose mortality has also risen from 3.6 deaths per 100,000 residents in 2014 to 6.3 per 100,000 in <br />2016. The number of providers registered in the NC Controlled Substance Reporting System has risen in the past 5 years and estimated percent <br />of providers using the system is comparable to peer counties. Orange County saw more than 400 ED visits related to Medication/Drug <br />poisoning in 2017. More than a quarter of these were related to either opioids, heroin, or benzodiazepines (25.4%) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2016 data for Orange County <br />deaths mirrors that of the state, <br />as drug overdose mortality <br />showed an up-tick in 2016 (all <br />intents). <br />Overdose Mortality <br />increased in 2016. <br />Opioid medications are not the <br />only drugs showing an <br />elevated appearance as a <br />cause of death in the last <br />several years. Other synthetic <br />narcotics, cocaine, and heroin <br />also saw increases as <br />contributors to overdose <br />mortality in 2016. <br />Prescription Opioids are not <br />the only issue. <br />Opioids and Drug Overdose <br />ScoreIcon Current Proposed OC Target Previous Progress Peer NC US 2020 Target <br />% Providers registered in CSRS 79%NA 22%↑77%NA NA NA <br />Drug Overdose Mortality Rate 13 10 7 ↑32 19 20 NA <br />Opioid Overdose Mortality Rate 6 5 4 ↑16 15 13 NA <br />Progress Orange County Trend Compare to <br />Trends show an increase in <br />overdose deaths, and the <br />drugs that cause them.