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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Sep 27.
Published before final editing as: Subst Use Misuse. 2025 Sep 2:1–9. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2025.2549496

Table 2.

Available reach data for actively implemented Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) strategies versus community demographic compo-sition for N = 33 wait-list control communities participating in the HEALing communities study.

Characteristic Number of OEND Strategiesa, n(%) Summed Maximum Number of Partners/Organizations Reporting Any Monthb, n Individuals, n (%)
Summed Average Number of Individuals Reached per Monthc Adult Populationd

Total 247 (98.4%) 426 8,951 3,772,336
Sex 168 (66.9%) 296 6,063 3,772,336
 Total Non-Missinge 5,059 (83.4%) 3,772,336 (100.0%)
  Male 2,231 (44.1%) 1,825,776 (48.4%)
  Female 2,730 (54.0%) 1,946,560 (51.6%)
  Other 98 (1.9%) NA
 Total Missinge,f 1,004 (16.6%) 0 (0.0%)
Age 166 (66.1%) 294 6,155 3,772,336
 Total Non-Missinge 4,973 (80.8%) 3,772,336 (100.0%)
  <18 Years 55 (1.1%) NA
  18–34 Years 1,975 (39.7%) 1,178,210 (31.2%)
  35–54 Years 2,055 (41.3%) 1,180,392 (31.3%)
  55+ Years 888 (17.9%) 1,413,734 (37.5%)
 Total Missinge,f 1,182 (19.2%) NA
Race/Ethnicity 168 (66.9%) 296 6,168 3,772,336
 Total Non-Missinge 5,023 (81.4%) 3,772,336 (100.0%)
  Hispanic 441 (8.8%) 322,654 (8.6%)
  Non-Hispanic Black 1,018 (20.3%) 545,357 (14.5%)
  Non-Hispanic White 3,362 (66.9%) 2,750,369 (72.9%)
  Non-Hispanic Other 201 (4.0%) 153,956 (4.1%)
  Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaskan Native 17 NA
  Non-Hispanic Asian 66 NA
  Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 NA
  More Than One Race 114 NA
Total Missinge,f 1,145 (18.6%) 0 (0.0%)

%: Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding.

Data Snapshot: October 23, 2024.

a

Number of actively implemented strategies with available reach data out of all actively implemented strategies from Menu 1: OEND of the Opioid-overdose Reduction continuum of care approach (ORCCA) Tracker.

b

Number of reporting partners/organizations for a strategy is set equal to the maximum number of partners/organizations reporting data during any single month of implementation.

c

The reach of a single strategy is calculated as the average number of individuals reached per month of implementation. the average number of individuals reached is then summed across strategies by demographics.

d

For communities that represent counties (n = 24 of 33), population estimates are from 2020 Bridged-Race Population estimates retrieved via https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/bridged_race.htm. For communities that represent units smaller than counties (n = 9 of 33), population estimates are from 2017–2021 American community Survey 5-Year Averages retrieved via https://data.census.gov/cedsci.

e

Percent out of total individuals asked by partner/organization to report data.

f

A missing response means the individual either left the field blank or responded as 'Prefer Not to Answer'.