Rate of Hospitalizations for Opioid Overdose per 100,000 Residents County Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
data.pa.gov | Last Updated 24 Oct 2022County rates of hospitalizations for opioid overdose per 100,000 residents ages 15 and older. This analysis is restricted to Pennsylvania residents age 15 and older who were hospitalized in Pennsylvania general acute care hospitals.
This dataset has the following 11 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Name | county_name | text | Geographic region in Pennsylvania representing the county where the patient resides. Special values: COMMONWEALTH = Pennsylvania commonwealth total (across all counties, including the totals of the suppressed county lines) | ADAMS ALLEGHENY ARMSTRONG BEAVER BEDFORD view top 100 |
| Time Period | time_period | text | Reporting period that the measurement is based upon; "CY-" prefix is shorthand for "calendar year", which begins on January 1st of the stated year and ends on December 31st of the stated year. | CY 2016 - CY 2017 view top 100 |
| Time Period Date Start | time_period_date_start | calendar_date | Beginning of the reporting period that covers the hospitalization's discharge date. | 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Time Period Date End | time_period_date_end | calendar_date | End of the reporting period that covers the hospitalization's discharge date. | 2017-12-31T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Rate of Hospitalizations for Opioid Overdose per 100,000 Residents | rate_of_hospitalizations | number | Calculated rate of hospitalizations for opioid overdose (heroin and opioid pain medicine combined) per 100,000 residents age 15 and above for the county of residence during the specified time period. Type of Rate column provides additional details. | 23.4 25.3 28.9 31.7 35.1 view top 100 |
| Type of Rate | type_of_rate | text | Describes the Type of Rate displayed. Values: “Rate of hospitalizations for opioid overdose per 100,000 residents” indicates the number of hospitalizations for opioid overdose for Pennsylvania residents age 15 and above divided by the total population age 15 and above for that county; that percentage is then multiplied by 100,000 and rounded to the nearest tenth. “Not Reported due to Low Volume” – indicates that the rate of hospitalizations for opioid overdose has not been displayed (is blank) due to low volume of hospitalizations for opioid overdose. | Rate of hospitalizations for opioid overdose per 100000 population Not reported due to low volume view top 100 |
| FIPS County Code | fips_county_code | text | The FIPS county code is a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States, certain U.S. possessions, and certain freely associated states. Values: 42000=Pennsylvania commonwealth total, 42001=Adams, 42003=Allegheny, …, 42133=York | 42000 42001 42003 42005 42007 view top 100 |
| State FIPS Code | state_fips_code | text | These are the first 2 digits of the 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that designate the State association. Each State has its own 2-digit number and each County within the state has its own 3-digit number which are combined into a 5-digit number to uniquely identify every US county. For more technical details : Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) after approval by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Section 111 (d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 as amended by the Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law 100-235. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the U.S., Its Possessions, and Associated Areas -- 90 Aug 31 , provides the names and codes that represent the counties and other entities treated as equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the possessions and freely associated areas of the United States. Counties are considered to be the "first-order subdivisions" of each State and statistically equivalent entity, regardless of their local designations (county, parish, borough, etc.). Information gathered from census data - https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html | 42 view top 100 |
| County FIPS Code | county_fips_code | text | The FIPS county code is a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 6-4) which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States, certain U.S. possessions, and certain freely associated states. This is the 3-digit part of the 5-digit county FIPS code specifically standing for the county. | 000 001 003 005 007 view top 100 |
| County Code Number | county_code_number | text | Two-digit code which uniquely identifies each county. Values: 00=Pennsylvania commonwealth total, 01=Adams, 02=Allegheny, …, 67=York | 00 01 02 03 04 view top 100 |
| Latitude/Longitude Geo-referenced Column | geocoded_column | location | Latitude and longitude; one point within each county to help create a map of Pennsylvania counties and define boundary lines. | view top 100 |