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ER visit rate due to Alcohol/Substance use

Shows the age-adjusted emergency room visit rate for alcohol/substance use per 100,000 population. According to SAMHSA™s National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), more than half of all adults drink alcohol, with 6.6% meeting criteria for an alcohol use disorder. Among Americans aged 12 or older, the use of illicit drugs has increased over the last decade from 8.3% of the population using illicit drugs in the past month in 2002 to 9.4% (24.6 million people) in 2013. Of those, 8.2 million people met criteria for a substance use disorder in the past year. The misuse of prescription drugs is second only to marijuana as the nation™s most common drug problem after alcohol and tobacco, leading to troubling increases in opioid overdoses in the past decade.

  • Measurement Period: 2012
ER visit rate due to Alcohol/Substance use
1498.6
MA VALUE
(986.5)
TREND
RANGE: 490.5<1861.4

Understanding the color Range

Each Health Indicator includes five-color range indexes. The color range index compares all counties in the state that have the same indicator in the same timeframe. It then calculates where the selected county falls in that range and displays the color that best reflects how the county is doing in comparison to the other counties in the filtered group. The range displays the highest and lowest county values within the state that have the same indicator for the same measurement period.

Current county values will be compared to State and National values if they are available.

Green and red arrows indicate that the county value is better or worse than the state or national value. The arrows will change directions and colors based on which end of the range is positive.
This icon simply means that the county value is equal to the state or national value.
Some indicators display blue, which means the data is not meant for health-status comparison, but is intended simply to provide information.
If history data is available the trend icon will point up or down based on its relationship to the last county value.
History
Dimensions 2012
Dimension Low Value High Number of Counties Compared
CDC Treatment Guidelines
Source
Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile (MassCHIP)