All residents in Brunswick County have equitable access to substance use disorder education and services.

Brunswick County Drug Overdose Death Rate

Current Value

39.9%

2022

Definition

Drug Overdose Death Rate per 100,000 residents

Overdose deaths occurring among North Carolina residents have been on the rise. This metric includes deaths involving all types of medications and drugs: opioids (commonly prescribed opioids, heroin, and synthetic narcotics like fentanyl and fentanyl-analogues), stimulats (cocaine, methamphetamine), benzodizpines, and others. This metric includes fatal overdoses of all intents; over 90% of these deaths are unintentional.

Source: Opioid and Substance Use Action Plan Data Dashboard | NCDHHS

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Story Behind the Curve

The "Story Behind the Curve" helps us understand the causes and forces at work that impact this performance measure.

What's Helping Customer Change? These are the positive forces at work in our strategy/program that influence customer change.

What's Hurting Customer Change? These are the negative forces at work in our strategy/program that influence customer change.

What works to do better?

The following actions have been identified by our agency as ideas for what can work for this performance measure to make a difference.

Actions and Approaches Identified by Our Agency These are actions and approaches that we think can make a difference for this performance measure.

Marketing medication disposal locations and providing community training on how to administer naloxone.
Marketing treatment resources and expanding local partnerships for treatment options.
Safe prescribing practices by all providers Training in safe prescribing practices (the CSRS)
Having Narcan available/distribution program/demonstration guide (ex: vending machines) Mentors (coaches, teachers, etc.)
Peer support specialists

No-cost and Low-cost Ideas Identified by Our Agency These are no-cost and low-cost actions and approaches that we think can make a difference for this performance measure.

List of Questions/Research Agenda These are questions to follow-up on for this performance measure. If you still need more information about what works to do better, make these questions part of your information & research agenda.

Data Explanations

Overdose deaths occurring among North Carolina residents have been on the rise. This metric includes deaths involving all types of medications and drugs: opioids (commonly prescribed opioids, heroin, and synthetic narcotics like fentanyl and fentanyl-analogues), stimulants (cocaine, methamphetamine), benzodizpines, and others. This metric includes fatal overdoses of all intents; over 90% of these deaths are unintentional.