Substance Use and Mental Health
In this new brief, our experts analyze 2024 overdose deaths data, calculating drug overdose death rates by state and nationally, paying particular attention to changes since overdose deaths peaked in 2022. We also break data down by drug type and by demographic groups, including by race/ethnicity,… Read more
This analysis examines trends and patterns in fatal drug overdoses, providing an overview of how drug overdose deaths vary by demographic group, and how these patterns have changed since 2022 using data from the U.S. National Vital Statistics System.
This analysis examines fatal drug overdoses by state, with a particular focus on trends over time and how the crisis has evolved since overdose deaths peaked in 2022, using mortality data from the U.S. National Vital Statistics System.
Vital statistics mortality data show a dramatic drop in fatal drug overdoses between 2022 and 2024 in the U.S., declining almost 30%. This was largely driven by a decline in fentanyl deaths. Learn more the opioid epidemic and latest overdose death rate trends in this blog.
In this blog, we use premature deaths data to understand public health trends. We also analyze variation in premature deaths across demographic subgroups.
In this blog, we use MNHA data to better understand access to mental health care and health care affordability in Minnesota. Our study's results suggest that individuals with unmet needs for mental health care in Minnesota may also have difficulty accessing it due to cost barriers.
What are MOUD? In this blog, we explore Medications for Opioid Use Disorder, reviewing a definition for OUD, a list of currently approved MOUD, how these medications work, and current barriers for their access and use.
With 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. (over 59 million people) living with a mental illness, about 46% of the population meet