Deaths caused by substance-involved poisoning include the number of people who died because they were exposed to drugs such as opioids, alcohol, and methamphetamines. Due to the small number of cases, data are only available at the state level.
Psychostimulants - Methamphetamines do not have its own ICD-10 code, and is included in T43.6 (Psychostimulants with abuse potential).
Measure Description:
- The count of deaths is the number of death certificates with any contributing cause of death code for opioid, alcohol, or methamphetamine.
- The Crude Rate (Per 100K) is the rate of death certificates with any contributing cause of mortality code for opioid, alcohol, or methamphetamine poisoning per 100,000 Population.
- The Age-Adjusted Rate (Per 100K) is the age-adjusted rate of death certificates with any contributing cause of death code for opioid, alcohol, or methamphetamine poisoning per 100,000 Population. Age adjustment to the 2000 Standard US Census is done to allow direct comparison of rates in counties and states with different population age distributions.