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    • Provisional Drug Overdose Deaths by Urban/Rural Classification Scheme for 12 month-ending December 2018-December 2020

    Metadata Updated: April 23, 2025

    National provisional drug overdose deaths by month and 2013 NCHS Urban–Rural Classification Scheme for Counties. Drug overdose deaths are identified using underlying cause-of-death codes from the Tenth Revision of ICD (ICD–10): X40–X44 (unintentional), X60–X64 (suicide), X85 (homicide), and Y10–Y14 (undetermined). Deaths are based on the county of residence in the United States. Death counts provided are for “12-month ending periods,” defined as the number of deaths occurring in the 12-month period ending in the month indicated. Estimates for 2020 are based on provisional data. Estimates for 2018 and 2019 are based on final data.

    For more information on NCHS urban-rural classification, see: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_02/sr02_166.pdf

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 21, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 23, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

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    Metadata Created Date April 21, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 23, 2025
    Publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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    Data First Published 2021-08-10
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-21
    Category National Center for Health Statistics
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
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    Homepage URL https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/provisional-drug-overdose.htm
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Old Spatial United States
    Program Code 009:020
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    Temporal 2018-12-01/2020-12-31

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