Table 2.
Identified clusters of deaths by prescription opioid overdose for Ohio 2010–2017, and aggregations by hotspots (HS) and Non-Hotspots (NHS) areas. Confidence Intervals (CI) at 95% are included for averaged relative risks (RR) and RR temporal change of mortality rate of prescription opioid overdose.
| Cluster | Radius (Km) | Estimated population in 2017 | Total death cases (All years) | Total death cases (2017) | Mortality rate in 2017 Cases per 100.000 hab. | RR (2017) Mean [95% CI] | RR temporal changea (%) Mean [95% CI] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12.64 | 188,097 | 771 | 353 | 187.66 | 3.61 [2.33–4.89] | +48.94 [+25.72–+72.16] |
| 2 | 17.09 | 152,828 | 647 | 211 | 138.06 | 2.20 [1.76–2.64] | +9.63 [−10.69–+30.22] |
| 3 | 9.20 | 165,470 | 607 | 216 | 130.54 | 2.94 [1.83–4.05] | +20.58 [−0.98–+42.16] |
| 4 | 8.92 | 181,154 | 598 | 194 | 107.09 | 2.61 [1.90–3.31] | +7.87 [−2.55–+18.30] |
| 5 | 8.87 | 127,772 | 437 | 105 | 82.18 | 2.58 [1.90–3.26] | +17.88 [+4.55–+31.20] |
| 6 | 7.14 | 112,734 | 386 | 121 | 107.33 | 2.45 [0.63–4.26] | –16.99 [−33.85––0.12] |
| 7 | 15.66 | 69,965 | 254 | 82 | 117.20 | 1.78 [1.20–2.36] | +1.77 [−9.77–+13.31] |
| 8 | 13.93 | 125,693 | 381 | 128 | 101.84 | 1.78 [1.37–2.18] | +1.18 [−7.76–+10.12] |
| 9 | 24.34 | 49,170 | 173 | 46 | 93.55 | 2.41 [1.51–3.31] | −2.10 [−12.66–+8.47] |
| 10 | 6.44 | 120,373 | 315 | 78 | 64.80 | 1.71 [1.26–2.17] | −9.07 [–19.49–+1.36] |
| 11 | 10.96 | 8,672 | 37 | 7 | 80.72 | 3.04 [0.77–5.28] | −1.65 [−15.58–+12.28] |
| 12 | 25.83 | 61,884 | 163 | 41 | 66.25 | 1.28 [0.76–1.81] | −2.84 [−25.20–19.53] |
| TOTAL HS | 161.01 | 1,363,811 | 4,769 | 1,582 | 116.00 | 2.42 [2.15–2.68] | +10.17 [+4.82–+15.51] |
| TOTAL NHS | 5,166,333 | 7,021 | 2,092 | 40.49 | 0.80 [0.77–0.84] | −3.20 [−4.10–−2.31] | |
| TOTAL | 6,530,144 | 11,790 | 3,674 | 56.26 | 1.01 [0.95–1.06] | −1.51 [–2.57–−0.45] |
aRR temporal change 2010–2017 was defined as: .