Health and Wellness
Impact 3: Behaviors that Maintain or Improve Health
Opioid Prescribing Rate
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Age-Adjusted Annual Opioid Prescription Rate
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, limiting the number of opioid prescriptions, and treatment for addiction to prevent future use can help.
Age-Adjusted Annual Opioid Prescription Rate
County: Santa Cruz
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Age-Adjusted ED Visit Rate due to Heroin Overdose
Heroin is a highly addictive opioid drug that affects the central nervous system and has a high potential for abuse. Chronic heroin use results in many damaging effects including physical dependence, tolerance, and deterioration of the brain’s white matter while heroin overdose can cause slow and shallow breathing, coma, and death.
Age-Adjusted ED Visit Rate due to Heroin Overdose
County: Santa Cruz
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Age-Adjusted ED Visit Rate due to Opioid Overdose (excluding Her
Opioids are natural or synthetic chemicals that bind to receptors in your brain or body. Common opioids include prescription drugs such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and fentanyl. Opioid abuse is a serious public health issue, but preventive actions, limiting the number of opioid prescriptions, and treatment for addiction to prevent future use, can help.
Age-Adjusted ED Visit Rate due to Opioid Overdose (excluding Heroin)
County: Santa Cruz
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Age-Adjusted Buprenorphine Prescription Rate
Buprenorphine is prescribed in medication-assisted treatment to treat opioid addiction. It is used in combination with counseling and behavior therapies as part of a treatment program for drug abuse.
Age-Adjusted Buprenorphine Prescription Rate
County: Santa Cruz
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Quarterly Opioid Prescription Rate
Opioids are natural or synthetic chemicals that bind to receptors in your brain or body. Common opioids include prescription drugs such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and fentanyl. Opioid abuse is a serious public health issue, but preventive actions, limiting the number of opioid prescriptions, and treatment for addiction to prevent future use, can help.
Quarterly Opioid Prescription Rate
County: Santa Cruz
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Residents on More than 90 Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME)
Opioids are natural or synthetic chemicals that bind to receptors in your brain or body. Common opioids include prescription drugs such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and fentanyl. Opioid abuse is a serious public health issue, but preventive actions, limiting the number of opioid prescriptions, and treatment for addiction to prevent future use, can help.