SLIDE 35 Any Opioid Commonly Prescribed Opioids Psychostimulants Heroin Other Synthetic Opioids (fentanyl, tramadol)
Age Adjusted Overdose Death Rates (per 100,000 population), by Drug Type, Kansas, 2005 – 2018
Note: Rates based on small cell counts are generally thought to be unstable. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment define small numbers as less than six. These rates are suppressed in this graphic.
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Age Adjusted Rate per 100,000 Population
Unspecified Drug Toxicity
How far have we come?
The Kansas Drug Monitoring Program (K-TRACS) & the Impact on the Opioid Epidemic
Kansas Association of Osteopathic Medicine * Wichita, Kansas * November 8, 2019