Estimated Number of Individuals with Drug Use Disorder Year 2016 - Current Quarterly County & Statewide Health

data.pa.gov | Last Updated 1 Jul 2022

This data set includes the estimated number of individuals in Pennsylvania with Drug Use Disorder, which is an approximation for Opioid Use Disorder prevalence. The estimates are developed by applying mortality weights derived from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics to statewide illicit drug use estimates from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration).

Tags: opioid, oud, health, drug, disorder, doh

This dataset has the following 16 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Geographic Areageographic_areatextRegion for measure, either total for Commonwealth or individual county.
Geographic Namegeographic_nametextName of geographic area.
GendergendertextGender of individuals.
AgeagetextAge of individuals (12-100 years).
YearyeartextCalendar year for measurement (January 1–December 31).
Time Periodtime_periodtextPeriod for measurement (annual, federal fiscal year, or quarterly, if available).
Drug Use Disorder Estimatedrug_use_disorder_estimatenumberEstimated number of individuals with Drug Use Disorder.
Drug Use Disorder Estimate Descriptiondrug_use_disorder_descriptiontextDescribes number of estimated individuals with Drug Use Disorder.
Drug Use Disorder Estimate Notesdrug_use_disorder_notestextIndicates if the estimated number of individuals with Drug Use Disorder has been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Counts less than 6 are not provided.
County Code Numbercounty_code_numbernumberPennsylvania county code provided as a number (1-67 for counties, 0 for Commonwealth).
County Code Textcounty_code_texttextPennsylvania county code provided as text (1-67 for counties sorted alphabetically, 0 for Commonwealth).
State FIPS Codestate_fips_codetextFirst 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.
County FIPS Codecounty_fips_codetextLast 3 digits of the 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that designate the county 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.
Latitudelatitude_longitudetextA generic Latitude point within the county. A point is also provided for outside of the state (on a map it will sit to the southeast of the state). This number represents the total number for the state and this location provides a spot on a map to display the PA number without having it duplicate within a county when using in a mapping visual.
LongitudelongitudetextA generic Longitude point within the county. A point is also provided for outside of the state (on a map it will sit to the southeast of the state). This number represents the total number for the state and this location provides a spot on a map to display the PA number without having it duplicate within a county when using in a mapping visual.
Georeferenced Latitude & Longitudegeocoded_columnpointA generic georeferenced Latitude & Longitude point within the county. These points can be used to create visualizations such as maps to show the data by county. A point is also provided for outside of the state (on a map it will sit to the southeast of the state). This number represents the total number for the state and this location provides a spot on a map to display the PA number without having it duplicate within a county when using in a mapping visual.