Non-Fatal Substance Use Data for State Senate District 15

Overview

Several substance use measures are available to provide an estimate of possible conditions from emergency department visits.

To help monitor the opioid epidemic and related concerns, suspected emergency department visits related to substance use disorder can be viewed in this dashboard.

This dashboard includes measures and insights from three data systems that monitor non-fatal substance use in Delaware.

The Emergency Department tab provides trends in suspected substances and substance-related emergency visits.
The data available in the Inpatient tab provides a description of diagnosed substance use disorders.
In the EMS tab, the data provides an overview of opioid overdose encounters and naloxone administrations.

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Additional Information

Non-Fatal Substance Use in State Senate District 15

Data Sources

Substance Use Related Emergency Department Visits

Citation: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. https://myhealthycommunity.dhss.delaware.gov/

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Privacy

In releasing this information, Delaware aims to provide information that can be helpful to local communities as they work to improve public health. However, the protection of the confidentiality of our citizens is of paramount importance. To that end, counts of less than 11 are not presented. An outside expert has reviewed the platform to ensure it complies with the HIPAA privacy rule (45 CFR 164.§514(b)).