Florida Department of Health
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Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management

Opioid Use Dashboard

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Opioid Use Dashboard, Florida - 2018 Indicator Measure Year Jan-Mar (Provisional) Apr-Jun (Provisional) Jul-Sep (Provisional) Oct-Dec (Provisional) Year-to-Date (Provisional) Case Definition Health Status and Quality of Life Opioid Overdose deaths Count 2018 909 956 870 992 3,727 Opioids identified as the cause of death by Florida Medical Examiners by county where death occurred, data supplied by Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Drug Overdose deaths Count 2018 1,234 1,260 1,193 1,290 4,977 Drugs identified as the cause of death by Florida Medical Examiners by county where death occurred, data supplied bythe Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Opioid Overdose Annual Age-Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000 persons 2018 18.7 Opioids identified as the cause of death by Florida Medical Examiners by county where death occurred, data supplied by Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Drug Overdose Annual Age-Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000 persons 2018 24.5 Drugs identified as the cause of death by Florida Medical Examiners by county where death occurred, data supplied bythe Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Suspected Non-fatal Opioid-involved Overdose Count 2018 2,581 3,149 2,995 3,095 11,820 Patients with an identified non-fatal opioid overdose during an emergency medical service transport, data from Florida’s EMSTARS database which includes 90% of Florida's prehospital emergency transports. These data come from the Florida Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance Program Dashboard County Report. Suspected Non-fatal All Drug Overdose Count 2018 7,935 9,391 9,270 8,506 35,102 Patients with an identified non-fatal drug overdose during an emergency medical service transport, data from Florida's EMSTARS database which includes 90% of Florida's prehospital emergency transports. These data come from the Florida Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance Program Dashboard County Report. All drug non-fatal overdose emergency department visits Count 2018 8,071 8,386 8,463 8,323 Florida resident emergency department visits for surviving patients with one of the following: 1)Poisoning by drugs, medicinal & biological substances (ICD-9-CM codes: 960-979) as primary diagnosis or any of the following as an external cause-of-injury: accidental poisoning by drugs, medicinal substances & biologicals (ICD-9-CM: E850-E858); suicide & self-inflicted poisoning by solid or liquid substances (ICD-9-CM: E905.0-E950.5); assault by drugs & medicinal substances (ICD-9-CM: E962.0); or poisoning by solid or liquid substances undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted (ICD-9-CM: E980.0-E980.5). 2)Provisional definition: Any diagnosis indicating poisoning by drugs, medicaments & biological substances (ICD-10-CM: T36-T50) with a 5th or 6th character indicating accidental (unintentional), intentional self-harm, assault or undetermined intent & a 7th character indicating an initial encounter or the 7th character is missing. Counts <5 and year-to-date are suppressed. Opioid-involved non-fatal overdose emergency department visits Count 2018 3,029 3,256 3,176 3,254 Florida resident emergency department visits where the patient survived with either of the following characteristics: 1) Poisoning by opium, heroin, methadone or other opiates and related narcotics (ICD-9-CM codes: 965.00, 965.01, 965.02 or 965.09) listed as the primary diagnosis or any of the following is mentioned as an external cause-of-injury: accidental poisoning by methadone, heroin or other opiates and related narcotics (ICD-9-CM: E850.0, E850.1 or E850.2). 2) Provisional definition: any diagnosis indicating poisoning by opium, heroin, other opioids, methadone, synthetic narcotics, unspecified narcotics or other narcotics (ICD-10-CM: T40.0X, T40.1X, T40.2X, T40.3X, T40.4X, T40.60 or T40.69) that has a 6th character indicating accidental (unintentional), intentional self-harm, assault or undetermined intent and a 7th character indicating that this is an initial encounter or the 7th character is missing. Counts <5 and year-to-date are suppressed. All drug non-fatal overdose hospitalizations Count 2018 6,317 6,825 7,100 6,583 Florida resident hospitalizations for surviving patients with either of the following: 1)Poisoning by drugs, medicinal & biological substances (ICD-9-CM codes:960-979) as primary diagnosis or any of the following is mentioned as an external cause-of-injury: accidental poisoning by drugs, medicinal substances & biologicals (ICD-9-CM:E850-E858); suicide & self-inflicted poisoning by solid or liquid substances (ICD-9-CM:E905.0-E950.5); assault by drugs & medicinal substances (ICD-9-CM:E962.0); or poisoning by solid or liquid substances undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted (ICD-9-CM:E980.0-E980.5). 2)Provisional definition: any diagnosis indicating poisoning by drugs, medicaments & biological substances (ICD-10-CM:T36-T50) with a 5th or 6th character indicating accidental (unintentional), intentional self-harm, assault or undetermined intent & a 7th character indicating an initial encounter or the 7th character is missing. Counts <5 and year-to-date are suppressed. Opioid-involved non-fatal overdose hospitalizations Count 2018 1,808 1,969 1,935 1,784 Florida resident hospitalizations where the patient survived with either of the following characteristics: 1) Poisoning by opium, heroin, methadone or other opiates and related narcotics (ICD-9-CM codes: 965.00, 965.01, 965.02 or 965.09) listed as the primary diagnosis or any of the following is mentioned as an external cause-of-injury: accidental poisoning by methadone, heroin or other opiates and related narcotics (ICD-9-CM: E850.0, E850.1 or E850.2). 2) Provisional definition: any diagnosis indicating poisoning by opium, heroin, other opioids, methadone, synthetic narcotics, unspecified narcotics or other narcotics (ICD-10-CM: T40.0X, T40.1X, T40.2X, T40.3X, T40.4X, T40.60 or T40.69) that has a 6th character indicating accidental (unintentional), intentional self-harm, assault or undetermined intent and a 7th character indicating that this is an initial encounter or the 7th character is missing. Counts <5 and year-to-date are suppressed. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Birth Defect Count 2018 356 307 350 362 1,375 Infants less than 28 days old who were exposed to opioid prescription or illicit drugs during the mother’s pregnancy. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome was added to the List of Reportable Diseases/Conditions on June 4, 2014 making it a public health issue requiring on-going surveillance. Data were supplied by the Florida Birth Defects Registry. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Birth Defect Annual Rate Per 10,000 live births 2018 62.1 Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome cases per 10,000 live births. Early Steps Clients Experiencing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Count 2018 27 41 33 40 141 Infants and toddlers (birth to thirty-six months) served by Florida Early Steps program that have been identified as having neonatal abstinence syndrome. Data were supplied by Florida Early Steps. Florida Poison Information Network - calls related to opioids Count 2018 517 518 519 1,554 Calls to the Florida Poison Information Center Network indicating exposure among persons 11 years of age and older to prescription opioids, opioid combinations with other drugs and heroin by the caller's county, data extracted from ToxSentry® Web Query Builder. Prescription and Patient Measures Number of Prescriptions Dispensed Count 2018 3,924,834 3,858,145 3,519,542 11,302,521 Opioid prescriptions dispensed in Florida by dispenser’s county, data supplied by the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. Number of Unique Patients Count 2018 1,746,556 1,694,309 1,518,132 Patients with opioid prescriptions that were dispensed in Florida regardless of the prescriber’s location by dispenser’s county, data supplied by the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. Number of Unique Prescribers Count 2018 275,360 263,544 246,197 Prescribers with opioid prescriptions dispensed in Florida regardless of practice location by dispenser’s county, data supplied by the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. Prescriptions Dispensed per Patient Per patient 2018 2.3 2.3 2.4 Prescriptions dispensed from prescribers per number of unique patients. Prescriptions Dispensed per Prescriber Per prescriber 2018 19.8 20.3 20.6 Prescriptions dispensed per number of unique prescribers. Drug-related Consequences Drug confirmed traffic crash fatalities Count 2018 67 42 7 116 The death of a person as a direct result of a traffic crash within thirty days of the crash occurrence (any person listed on the crash report with an Injury Severity code of ‘5’). In this case, the crash involved a driver and/or non-motorist who tested positive for drugs at the time of the crash, excludes crashes with alcohol confirmed drivers and non-motorists. Data supplied by Lexis Nexis, Inc., in partnership with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the source is Florida’s Integrated Report Exchange System (FIRES) database. Drug confirmed traffic crash injuries Count 2018 78 47 13 138 Non-fatal injury of a person as a direct result of a traffic crash. In this case, the crash involved a driver and/or non-motorist who tested positive for drugs at the time of the crash, excludes crashes with alcohol confirmed drivers and non-motorists. Data supplied by Lexis Nexis, Inc., in partnership with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the source is Florida’s Integrated Report Exchange System (FIRES) database. Drug suspected traffic crash fatalities Count 2018 52 39 8 99 The death of a person as a direct result of a traffic crash within thirty days of the crash occurrence (any person listed on the crash report with an Injury Severity code of ‘5’). In this case, the crash involved a driver and/or non-motorist who the investigating police officer suspected to be positive for drugs at the time of the crash. Data supplied by Lexis Nexis, Inc., in partnership with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the source is Florida’s Integrated Report Exchange System (FIRES) database. Drug suspected traffic crash injuries Count 2018 190 173 120 483 Non-fatal injury of a person as a direct result of a traffic crash. In this case, the crash involved a driver and/or non-motorist who the investigating police officer suspected to be positive for drugs at the time of the crash. Data supplied by Lexis Nexis, Inc., in partnership with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the source is Florida’s Integrated Report Exchange System (FIRES) database. Annual Drug arrests Count 2018 134,396 Arrests attributed to possession or sale of illegal drugs. Data are from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Annual Adult Drug Arrests Count 2018 128,992 Arrests of persons 18 and over attributed to possession or sale of illegal drugs. Data are from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Annual Juvenile Drug Arrests Count 2018 5,404 Arrests of persons under 18 attributed to possession or sale of illegal drugs. Data are from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

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