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    Drug Abuse

    Drug abuse or Substance use disorder is when one uses a substance for a non-intended purpose, including those obtained from the illicit market.

    Department of Health Data

    Behavioral Health Risks of Pennsylvania Adults
                Includes prevalence estimates on self-reported illegal and prescription drug use.
    EDDIE
                See Deaths dataset
    County Injury Profiles
                One-page profiles tabulating injury hospitalizations for a specific county (counts and charges only, no rates).
    Healthy People
                A report that tracks the progress of public health objectives in meeting their goals by the end of the decade.

    Interactive Data Report

    Tools providing an interactive look at controlled substance prescribing and drug overdose trends at the state and county level, and prescribing trends by provider category at the state level.

    External Data Sources

    National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)

    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics (SAMHSA)

    PA Youth Survey (PCCD)

    YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (CDC)