Estimated Accidental and Undetermined Drug Overdose Deaths with Demographics CY 2012-Current Statewide Health
data.pa.gov | Last Updated 19 Dec 2023View annual counts of Accidental or Undetermined overdose deaths for 2012 forward, including provisional estimates of annual counts of overdose deaths for recent years, as noted with an asterisk and the month the data was pulled.<br> NOTE: Finalized death records for overdose deaths are often delayed by 3-6 months. Counties labeled “no value” have data suppressed because the counts are between 1 and 9.<br> - Overdose Deaths are classified using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD–10). Drug-poisoning deaths are identified using underlying cause-of-death codes X40–X44, and Y10–Y14, and include the following: <br> - R99 when the Injury Description indicates an overdose death.<br> - X49 when literal COD is Mixed or Combined or Multiple Substance Toxicity, as these are likely drug overdoses<br> - X47 when substance indicated is difluoroethane, alone or in combination with other drugs<BR> - Source Pennsylvania Prescription Drug Monitoring Program*<br> * These data were supplied by the Bureau of Health Statistics and Registries, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Bureau of Health Statistics and Registries specifically disclaims responsibility for any analyses, interpretations or conclusions.<br> - Estimates are broken down by type of drugs involved in the overdose <br> - Any Drug Overdose Death - all drug overdose deaths, regardless of type of drug involved, excluding alcohol only deaths<br> - Opioid Overdose Death - any overdose death involving opioids, prescription or illegal
This dataset has the following 13 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Name | county | text | Pennsylvania County name; includes PENNSYLVANIA for the statewide rates. There are 67 counties in Pennsylvania. | Pennsylvania view top 100 |
| Percent | percent | number | Percent of overdose deaths for Pennsylvania for overdoses of any drug, excluding alcohol only by the row demographic | 0.04 0.3 0.05 0.06 0.02 view top 100 |
| Year | year | text | Calendar Year the data is based on NOTE: 2018 data are Pennsylvania provisional estimates generated from preliminary 2018 mortality data as of 3/2019. | 2019 2021 2012 2013 2022* as of November 2023 view top 100 |
| Suppression | notes | text | Description when information is suppressed. If the field is blank, then the information is available, however if the count is between 1 and 9 then the count was not displayed so likewise the percentage will not be displayed. . | Not displayed when count is between 1 and 5. view top 100 |
| Demographics | demographics | text | Groupings of gender, ages, race and ethnicities. | Other/Unknown Race 0-14 Years of Age Unknown Ethnicity Male Non-Hispanic view top 100 |
| Demographic Category | new_demographic_category | text | Groups to assist in creating visualizations. | Age Race Ethnicity Gender view top 100 |
| County Code Number | county_code_number | number | There are 67 counties in Pennsylvania. They are number 01 through 67 in alphabetical order; 00 identifies the statewide totals. | 0 view top 100 |
| County Code Text | county_code_text | text | There are 67 counties in Pennsylvania. They are number 01 through 67 in alphabetical order; 00 identifies the statewide totals. | 0 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 | county_fips | 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. | 0 view top 100 |
| Latitude | latitude | number | This is a generic point for latitude to give the ability to create visualizations such as map layers. The latitude for the state of Pennsylvanian will fall to the south east of Pennsylvania actually in Maryland so that the information for a statewide total can also be displayed on a map layer without affecting information in another county. | 39.346129 view top 100 |
| Longitude | longitude | number | This is a generic point for longitude to give the ability to create visualizations such as map layers. The latitude for the state of Pennsylvanian will fall to the south east of Pennsylvania actually in Maryland so that the information for a statewide total can also be displayed on a map layer without affecting information in another county. | -75.167756 view top 100 |
| Georeferenced Latitude & Longitude | geocoded_column | point | Georeferenced Latitude & Longitude for use in creating mapping visualizations with a generic point for the state. County demographic data is not available at this time. | {"coordinates":[-75.167756,39.346129],"type":"Point"} view top 100 |