Figure 2.

Age-adjusted drug overdose death rate per 100 000 standard population among non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black Kentucky residents, by drug involvement, 2016-2020. Data source: Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics death certificate records as part of the Kentucky Drug Overdose Fatality Surveillance System. ¹⁸ The reported data are provisional (as of April 13, 2021) and subject to change. The 2020 rates are based on 2019 bridged-race population estimates because at the time this analysis was performed, the 2020 bridged-race population estimates produced by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) were not available. Data source for population estimates: NCHS. Bridged-race resident population estimates, 1990-2019. ²⁹