All people in Dare County live in communities with equitable access to substance use prevention and disorder services.
Why Is This Important?
Experience and Importance
How would we experience this result in our community if we are successful?
- Individuals with substance use concerns would be receiving professional services
- Decreased crime rates
- Decreased drug poisioning deaths
- Decrease in drug overdose death rates
What information led to the selection of this health issue and related result?
- Calls to Mobile Crisis for substance use increased from 2019 to 2020 (34→38).
- From 2019 to 2020 Mobile Crisis assisted 75 (34 in 2019; 41 in 2020) individuals who requested detox services. A total of 41 individuals were linked to detox.
- Rate of unintentional medication/drug overdoses death in Dare (2014-2018) is 24.5 compared to 16.7 statewide (NC DPH IVP2019).
- Rate of unintentional opioid overdose death in Dare (2014-2018) is 21.7 compared to 13.6 statewide (NC DPH IVP2019).
- Rate of outpatient opioid pills dispensed per NC resident in 2018 for Dare County 46.7 compared to 43.7 statewide (NC DPH IVP 2019)
Alignment
Alignment
Substance use is aligned with the following Healthy NC 2030 objectives:
- Health Behaviors- Chapter 5
Measures
Time
Period
Period
Current Actual Value
Current Target Value
Current
Trend
Trend
Baseline
% Change
% Change
2022
42.1
4
205%
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