Kentucky Drug Overdose Mortality Dashboard

 

07/14/2020

 

Kentucky Resident Drug Overdose Deaths by County

Any substance

Opioids

Heroin

Fentanyl

Psychostimulants with abuse potential

Click on your county in the above maps to see the five-year overdose mortality trend.

Drug Overdose Mortality Table, 2015-2019

Kentucky State Drug Overdose Mortality Trend Charts

Resident Drug Overdose Deaths by Quarter

Resident Opioid Overdose Deaths by Opioid Involved

Deaths were listed under all relevant drug categories. For example, a death involving benzodiazepines and heroin will be included in both counts.

Counts fewer than 5 were suppressed according to state data release policy.

Definitions:

  1. Drug overdose deaths are defined as any death listing one of the folliowing ICD-10 codes in the underlying cause of death field of the death certificate: X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, Y10-Y14.

  2. Opioid overdose deaths are defined as any drug overdose death listing at least one of the following ICD-10 codes in the supplemental cause of death fields of the death certificate: T40.0-T40.4, T40.6.

  3. Heroin overdose deaths are defined as any drug overdose death listing the ICD-10 code T40.1 in one of the supplemental cause of death fields of the death certificate.

  4. Fentanyl overdose deaths are defined as any drug overdose death listing the ICD-10 code T40.4 in one of the supplemental cause of death fields of the death certificate AND mentioning the term “fentanyl” in the cause of death or description of injury section of the death certificate.

  5. Fentanyl analog overdose deaths are defined as any drug overdose death listing the ICD-10 code T40.4 in one of the supplemental cause of death fields of the death certificate AND mentioning a fentanyl analog in the cause of death or description of injury section of the death certificate.

  6. Benzodiazepine overdose deaths are defined as any drug overdose death listing the ICD-10 code T42.4 in one of the supplemental cause of death fields of the death certificate.

  7. Psychostimulant with abuse potential overdose deaths are defined as any drug overdose death listing the ICD-10 code T43.6 in one of the supplemental cause of death fields of the death certificate.

  8. Prescription opioid overdose deaths are defined as any drug overdose death listing at least one of the following ICD-10 codes in the supplemental cause of death fields of the death certificate: T40.2-T40.4 AND no mention of fentanyl or fentanyl analog involvement.

Produced by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center as bona fide agent for the Kentucky Department for Public Health. July 2020. Data source: Kentucky Death Certificate Database, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Data are provisional and subject to change.