Kentucky Drug Overdose Fatality Surveillance System Quarterly Dashboard

 

10/08/2021

 

Kentucky Resident Drug Overdose Mortality Summary, Q1/2021

Substances

Classes

County Trend Indicator Map

Demographics of Kentucky Resident Drug Overdose Decedents, Q2/2020–Q1/2021

Age

Race

Gender

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

Produced by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center as bona fide agent for the Kentucky Department for Public Health. October 2021. Data sources: toxicology reports, Office of the Kentucky State Medical Examiner, and the Kentucky Death Certificate Database, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Data are provisional and subject to change. This report was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number NU17CE924971-02-01, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.