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Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

Compared to Distribution

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Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

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Trend

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Compared to Prior Value

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red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

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Emergency Department Admission Rate due to Opioids

County/City: Fairfax City

Measurement Period: 2023

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This indicator shows the opioid-related outpatient emergency department visit rate per 10,000 population.

Why is this important?

Opioids are natural or synthetic chemicals that bind to receptors in your brain or body. Common opioids include heroin and prescription drugs such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and fentanyl. Opioid abuse is a serious public health issue, but preventive actions, treatment for addiction, and proper response to overdoses can help.

The majority of drug overdose deaths involve an opioid, and at least half of all opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription opioid. Since 1999, the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids (including prescription opioid pain relievers and heroin) nearly quadrupled. We now know that overdoses from prescription opioid pain relievers are a driving factor in the increase in opioid overdose deaths. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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County/City: Fairfax City

22.9

admissions/ 10,000 population

Source: Virginia Department of Health
Measurement period: 2023
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: March 2024

Filter(s) for this location: Health District: Fairfax

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Technical note: Values are generated from the Opioid Dashboard Dataset downloaded from the source page. Use Caution when interpreting rates for localities with small populations or case counts.

Fairfax County, Fairfax City & Falls Church City Localities are Combined for Count and Rate Calculations

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