PoiDth
Poison, Drugs, Opiates, Overdose, prescription, Rx, fentanyl
PoiDth.UT_US
Drug Overdose and Poisoning Incidents
__Poisoning deaths:__ number of deaths among Utah residents with underlying cause of death being poisoning (ICD-10 codes X40-X49, X60-X69, X85-X90, Y10-Y19, Y35.2, *U01 [.6-.7]) per 100,000 population.
__Drug poisoning deaths:__ number of deaths among Utah residents resulting from drug poisoning (ICD-10 codes X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, Y10-Y14) per 100,000 population.
__Prescription opioid deaths:__ number of unintentional and undetermined intent deaths among residents and non-residents resulting from prescription opioids that occurred in Utah.
__Poisoning deaths:__ number of deaths among Utah residents resulting from poisoning (ICD-10 codes X40-X49, X60-X69, X85-X90, Y10-Y19, Y35.2, *U01 [.6-.7]).
__Drug poisoning deaths:__ number of deaths among Utah residents resulting from drug poisoning (ICD-10 codes X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, Y10-Y14).
__Prescription opioid deaths:__ number of resident and non-resident unintentional and undetermined prescription opioid deaths that occurred in Utah.
Total number of persons in the population of Utah.
Poisoning incidents are classified according to ICD codes. ICD stands for the International Classification of Diseases. It is a coding system maintained by the World Health Organization and the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics used to classify causes of death, injury, and disease. These codes are updated approximately every ten years to account for advances in medical technology. The U.S. is currently using the 10th revision (ICD-10) to code causes of death.
Poisoning deaths are defined by ICD-10 codes X40-X49 (unintentional); X60-X69 (suicide); X85-X90, *U01 (.6-.7) (homicide); Y10-Y19 (undetermined), and Y35.2 (other).
Drug poisoning deaths are a subset of poisoning deaths and are defined by ICD-10 codes X40-X44 (unintentional), X60-X64 (suicide), X85 (homicide), and Y10-Y14 (undetermined).
Prescription opioid deaths are identified using data from the Office of the Medical Examiner in the Utah Violent Death Reporting System.
03/28/2024
Drug poisoning deaths are a preventable public health problem; they are the leading cause of injury death in Utah, outpacing deaths due to firearms, falls, and motor vehicle crashes. Ten Utahns die each week from drug overdose. Utah is particularly affected by illicit opioids, specifically fentanyl, which is responsible for 33% of the unintentional and undetermined drug poisoning deaths in the state.
{{style color:#003366 Healthy People 2030 Objective IVP-20:}}
Prevent an increase in poisoning deaths among all persons
*'''U.S. Target:''' 13.1 deaths per 100,000 population
*'''Utah Target:''' 12.9 deaths per 100,000 population[[br]]
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Prevent an increase in poisoning deaths among persons aged 35 to 54 years
*'''U.S. Target:''' 25.6 deaths per 100,000 population
*'''Utah Target:''' 23.2 deaths per 100,000 population[[br]]
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Prevent an increase in poisoning deaths caused by unintentional or undetermined intent among all persons
*'''U.S. Target:''' 11.1 deaths per 100,000 population
*'''Utah Target:''' 9.7 deaths per 100,000 population[[br]]
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Prevent an increase in poisoning deaths caused by unintentional or undetermined intent among persons aged 35 to 54 years
*'''U.S. Target:''' 21.6 deaths per 100,000 population
*'''Utah Target:''' 34.9 deaths per 100,000 population (prevent an increase in the 2010 crude rate)[[br]]
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Prevent an increase in nonfatal poisonings
*'''U.S. Target:''' 304.8 nonfatal poisonings per 100,000 population
*'''Utah Target:''' 291.5 nonfatal poisonings per 100,000 population
The 2022 age-adjusted drug poisoning death rate was 19.5 per 100,000 population. During that year, 5.9% of Utah drug poisoning deaths were of undetermined intent, 14.5% were self-inflicted, and 79.4% were unintentional.
From 2019 to 2022, males (23.9 per 100,000 population) had a significantly higher age-adjusted drug poisoning death rate compared to females (15.9 per 100,000 population). Males had the highest crude rates in the 35 to 44-year-old age group, while females had the highest crude rates in the 45-54-year-old age group. For ages 18-24, male drug poisoning death rates were significantly higher than female drug poisoning death rates (17.1 and 6.4 per 100,000 population, respectively).
In 2021, the U.S. age-adjusted rate of drug poisoning deaths from all intents was 32.4 per 100,000 population. During this same year, the Utah age-adjusted rate of drug poisoning deaths was lower, with 21.0 deaths per 100,000 population.
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has received funding to address prescription drug abuse, misuse, and overdose deaths by continuing data collection efforts to help target interventions, develop provider materials, increase naloxone awareness, expand public awareness efforts, and develop provider tools and resources to address prescription drug abuse.
To address the opioid epidemic in Utah, the Violence and Injury Prevention Program oversees academic detailing; leads opioid dashboard development; manages Stop the Opidemic, a campaign that works to raise awareness on opioid abuse and misuse while reducing stigma; organizes naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and xylazine test strips dissemination and tracks overdose reversals; and provides funding to local health departments, 2-1-1, and other community partners who work alongside the DHHS in the opioid epidemic.
Here are some relevant programs using evidence-based practices.
Strengthening Families Program[[br]]
Evidence-based family skills training program[[br]]
[http://strengtheningfamiliesprogram.org]
HALO: Healthy Alternatives for Little Ones[[br]]
Health education and prevention program for children aged 3-6 years[[br]]
[https://theathenaforum.org/sites/default/files/healthy_alternatives_for_little_ones_4-21-12.pdf]
Programs of Prevention, PRIME for Life[[br]]
Alcohol and drug prevention program for all ages[[br]]
[http://www.primeforlife.org]
The Violence and Injury Prevention Program (VIPP) is a trusted and comprehensive resource for data related to violence and injury. Through education, this information helps promote partnerships and programs to prevent injuries and improve public health. The VIPP goals are to a) focus prevention efforts on reducing intentional and unintentional injury, b) conduct education aimed at increasing awareness and changing behaviors that contribute to the occurrence of injury, c) strengthen local health department capacity to conduct local injury prevention programs, d) promote legislation, policy changes, and enforcement that will reduce injury hazards and increase safe behaviors, e) collaborate with private and public partners, and f) improve the Department of Health and Human Services' capacity to collect mortality and morbidity data from multiple sources and conduct injury epidemiology for use in prevention planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Know Your Script Media Campaign[[br]]
[http://www.knowyourscript.org]
The University of Utah: Utah Poison Control Center[[br]]
[http://poisoncontrol.utah.edu]
National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Drug Abuse[[br]]
[http://drugabuse.gov]
Utah Office of Substance Use and Mental Health (SUMH)[[br]]
[https://sumh.utah.gov/]
Partnership to End Addiction[[br]]
[http://www.drugfree.org]
Office of National Drug Control Policy[[br]]
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp]
Utah Department of Health and Human Services: Stop the Opidemic[[br]]
[http://opidemic.utah.gov]
Information on how to use and where to find naloxone, which is used to reverse opioid overdoses [[br]]
[https://opidemic.utah.gov/]
Violence and Injury Prevention Program[[br]]
[https://vipp.utah.gov/resources/resources-substance-use/]
Information on addiction resources and tools[[br]]
[https://www.drugrehab.com/addiction/prescriptions/]
CFHS_Injury
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__Drug poisoning ED visits/hospitalizations:__ number of incidents (ED visits or hospitalizations) among Utah residents resulting from drug poisoning (ICD-9 codes E850-E858, E950 [.0-.5], E962, E980 [.0-.5]) per 10,000 population.
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__Drug poisoning ED visits/hospitalizations:__ number of incidents (ED visits or hospitalizations) among Utah residents resulting from drug poisoning (ICD-9 codes E850-E858, E950 [.0-.5], E962, E980 [.0-.5]).
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ED and hospitalization drug poisoning incidents are defined by ICD-9 codes E850-E858, E950 (.0-.5), E962, E980 (.0-.5).
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1/22/15 - Kim N updated UT vs US graph and narrative with U.S. 2013 data from WISQARS.
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PopChar
Relevant Population Characteristics
From 2019 to 2022, males (23.9 per 100,000 population) had a significantly higher age-adjusted drug poisoning death rate compared to females (15.9 per 100,000 population). For ages 18-44, male drug poisoning death rates were significantly higher than female drug poisoning death rates.
Children infrequently require hospitalization for the ingestion of poison, but in 2022, 1 to 4-year-olds had significantly higher drug poisoning emergency department (ED) visits rates (23.7 per 10,000 population), along with 15 to 24-year-olds (31.9 per 10,000 population) compared to the state (17.5 per 10,000 population).
AgeDistPop
Utah Population Characteristics: Age Distribution of the Population
AgeDistPop.Ut_US
Dep
Depression: Adult Prevalence
Dep.UT_US
HlthStatMent
Health Status: Mental Health Past 30 Days
HlthStatMent.Ut_US
HlthStatPhys
Health Status: Physical Health Past 30 Days
HlthStatPhys.UT_US
SubAbuAdol
Substance Abuse (Alcohol or Marijuana) - Adolescents
SubAbuAdol.Alc_UT_US
SuicDth
Suicide
SuicDth.Ut_US
UniInjDth
Unintentional Injury Deaths
UniInjDth.Cause
SystemFactors
Health Care System Factors
EMSResTim
EMS Response Time
EMSResTim.CntyType
RiskFactors
Risk Factors
In Utah, the top circumstances observed in prescription opioid deaths were physical health problem, substance abuse problem, current mental health problem, current mental health/substance abuse treatment, non-prescription drug involvement, alcohol dependence or problem, and history of suicide attempts.
Source: Utah Department of Health Violence and Injury Prevention Program, Prescription Opioid Deaths in Utah, 2017 updated Fact Sheet [https://opidemic.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/Prescription-Opioid-Deaths-2018.pdf]
AlcConBinDri
Alcohol Consumption - Binge Drinking
AlcConBinDri.UT_US
AlcConChrDri
Alcohol Consumption - Heavy Drinking
AlcConChrDri.UT_US
CarMonDth
Carbon Monoxide Deaths
CarMonDth.CntYr
CarMonExp
Carbon Monoxide: Poison Control Exposures
CarMonExp.Year
CarMonHospED
Carbon Monoxide: Hospitalizations and Emergency Department (ED) Visits
CarMonHospED.NumED
CigSmokAdlt
Smoking Among Adults
CigSmokAdlt.Ut_US
CigSmokAdol
Smoking Among Adolescents
CigSmokAdol.UT_US
FPHlth
Fair/poor Health
FPHlth.Ut_USYear
HlthStatMent
Health Status: Mental Health Past 30 Days
HlthStatMent.Ut_US
HlthStatPhys
Health Status: Physical Health Past 30 Days
HlthStatPhys.UT_US
SubAbuAdol
Substance Abuse (Alcohol or Marijuana) - Adolescents
SubAbuAdol.Alc_UT_US
SuicDth
Suicide
SuicDth.Ut_US
HealthStatus
Health Status Outcomes
SuicDth
Suicide
SuicDth.Ut_US
UniInjDth
Unintentional Injury Deaths
UniInjDth.Cause
PoiDth.LCD
Leading
causes of injury death, Utah,
2019-2022
Age-adjusted rate per 100,000 population
PoiDth.UT_US
Poisoning
deaths by year, Utah and U.S.,
1999-2022
Age-adjusted rate per 100,000 population
PoiDth.IntTyp
Poisoning
deaths by intent and type (drug vs. other), Utah,
2019-2022
Age-adjusted rate per 100,000 population
PoiDth.AgeSex
Poisoning:
drug deaths by age and sex, Utah,
2019-2022
Rate per 100,000 population
PoiDth.LHD
Poisoning:
drug deaths by local health district, Utah,
2019-2022
Age-adjusted drug deaths per 100,000 population
PoiDth.SA
Poisoning:
drug poisoning deaths by Utah Small Area,
2013-2022
Age-adjusted drug deaths per 100,000 population
PoiDth.Opi
Poisoning:
prescription opioid deaths by year, Utah,
2003-2022
Number of deaths occurring in Utah