Rethinking urban-rural designations in public health surveillance of the overdose crisis and crafting an agenda for future monitoring

Original research
par
Textor, Lauren et al

Date de publication

2023

Géographie

USA

Langue de la ressource

English

Texte disponible en version intégrale

Oui

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Oui

Évalué par des pairs

Yes

L’objectif

Using national overdose data from 1999-2021, we illustrate the intersectional importance of rurality for overdose surveillance.

Constatations/points à retenir

Rural/urban categories that have shaped U.S. opioid narratives are misleading. Overdose trends have risen nearly uniformly across urban/rural designations. Urbanicity/rurality is still a key axis to understand inequality in drug overdose.

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Mots clés

Rural/remote
Overdose