Table 1.
Crude rate of OEND naloxone distribution and opioid-related overdose death among 46 contiguous population areas, stratified by race/ethnicity, 2016–2019, Massachusetts.
| Overall (2016–2019) Median (IQR) |
2016 Median (IQR) |
2017 Median (IQR) |
2018 Median (IQR) |
2019 Median (IQR) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rateb of Naloxone Kits Received (per 100,000) by Race/Ethnicity of Recipient | |||||
| African American/Black (non-Hispanic) | 271.2 (239.1, 302.1) | 247.0 (151.3, 412.1) | 295.3 (170.4, 559.6) | 215.2 (134.1, 448.2) | 322.5 (171.3, 588.2) |
| Hispanic | 277.4 (245.1, 331.0) | 309.6 (191.2, 489.0) | 244.5 (135, 562.7) | 245.3 (130.2, 630.9) | 395.5 (202.2, 745.4) |
| Othera (non-Hispanic) | 186.2 (174.6, 193.9) | 159.8 (74.4, 315.3) | 179.5 (64.8, 363.4) | 196.9 (71.8, 417.2) | 193.0 (108.1, 543.4) |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 351.8 (335.1, 380.1) | 345.6 (249.7, 617.5) | 358.0 (223.9, 824.6) | 303.5 (194.2, 818.3) | 446.5 (207.9, 997.4) |
| Opioid-related Overdose Death Rateb (per 100,000) by Race/Ethnicity of Decedent | |||||
| African American/Black (non-Hispanic) | 11.2 (6.2, 14.7) | 0.0 (0.0, 18.0) | 14.3 (0.0, 36.1) | 8.2 (0.0, 24.8) | 16.2 (0.0, 25.7) |
| Hispanic | 17.7 (17.6, 17.7) | 17.7 (1.4, 35.9) | 17.6 (0.0, 33.5) | 17.5 (0.0, 31.2) | 17.8 (35.3) |
| Othera (non-Hispanic) | 0. 0 (0.0, 0.7) | 0.0 (0.0, 10.7) | 0.0 (0.0, 11.0) | 2.9 (0.0, 17.9) | 0.0 (0.0, 11.3) |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 26.0 (24.8, 27.4) | 27.2 (19.4, 58.5) | 24.8 (17.3, 52.5) | 28.3 (15.5, 44.9) | 24.6 (15.5, 44.9) |
Other includes American Indian, Asian, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Multi-racial and those who refused to answer
OEND: opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution
denominator of each rate is the race/ethnicity specific population estimate in each of the contiguous population areas
In some years, the median opioid-related overdose death rate across the CPAs was 0 for African American/Black and ‚“other” races due to some CPAs’ having a small percentage of African American/Black (non-Hispanic) residents and ‚“other”races. This leads to no annual reporting of opioid-related overdose deaths occurring in these CPAs.