Table 1.

Study site demographics

	Hispanic or Latino %	White race %	High school graduate or higher education %	Residents living in poverty %	Population N	Age median	Overdose problem trend
CT site 1	4.5	91.7	86.3	3.6	<50,000	39.1	Emergent
CT site 2	16.7	68.4	82.2	9.7	<20,000	38.4	Persistent
RI site	3.4	90.8	85	8.2	<85,000	43.7	Persistent
Median	4.5	90.8	85	8.2	–	39.1

Source: US Census 2010; A persistent overdose problem was defined as one known to have existed in the years prior to the medical examiner case review, as evident from prior publication¹⁴ and extant reports¹⁵; an emergent problem site lacked such data