| Source and Link |
Level of Data |
Description of Data/ Information |
| Next Level Recovery Data Dashboard |
County and State |
Hospital discharges, deaths from drug overdose, naloxone administration rate |
| National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics (NCDAS) Drug Overdose Death Rates |
State and National |
- Drug overdose deaths per year
- What proportion of all deaths were drug overdoses
- OD death rate change year to year
- Comparing national average of OD death rate to Indiana
- What percentage of OD deaths nation-wide occurred in Indiana
- Drug-specific statistics for abuse
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| United Health Foundation American’s Health Rankings |
State and National |
Allows you to compare Indiana to the rest of the United States on a variety of health measures listed below.
- For each specific health measure, gives you a breakdown of the subpopulations within that measure (i.e. the percentage of older adults who use e-cigarettes)
- There are other measures besides health that can be viewed which include social/economic factors, physical environment, and demographics.
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| Han B, Moore A, Ferris R, Palamar J.: “Binge drinking among older adults in the United States, 2015-2017” |
National |
Article highlights the importance of screening for binge drinking behavior among older adults to minimize harm.
- Over a tenth of older adults in the US are estimated to be current binge drinkers.
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| Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) Drug Overdose Dashboard |
County and State |
County response systems (OFR, Syringe Exchange, etc.) and opioid prescription rates
- Opioid prescription rates
- Hospital discharges
- Overdose deaths
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| Stats Explorer through Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) |
County and State |
Provides quick access to publicly-available health and health-related statistics through a single easy-to-use resource for both public health professionals and the general public.
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| National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) |
National |
Data on various drug-related and risk factor behaviors.
- Initiation of substance use
- Perceived risk of substance use
- Major depressive episodes in the past year
- Any mental illness among adults in the past year
- Serious mental illness among adults in the past year
- Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adults
- Perceived recovery
- Substance use, mental health issues, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| SAMHSA and NSDUH’s Behavioral Health Barometer: State Barometers |
State |
Provides an annual update on a series of topics that focus on substance use and mental health (collectively referred to as behavioral health)
- Young adult mental health
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| State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW) Dashboard |
County, State, National |
Dashboard put together by SEOW based on years’ worth of reports on the epidemiological data regarding substance use and abuse in Indiana that can then be compared with data from the United States
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| State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW) Reports |
County, State, National |
Yearly State Epidemiological Profile and research briefs on substance misuse as well as related factors such as mental health |
| Grant BF, Chou SP, Saha TD, et al. “Prevalence of 12-Month Alcohol Use, High-Risk Drinking, and DSM-IV Alcohol Use Disorder in the United States, 2001-2002 to 2012-2013: Results From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions” |
National |
Prevalence rates of the listed risk substance misuse disorders broken down by age groups and race/ethnicity |
| Mason M, Soliman R, Kim HS, Post LA “Disparities by Sex and Race Ethnicity in Death Rates Due to Opioid Overdose among Adults 55 Years of Older, 1999 to 2019” |
National |
Gives national disparities seen between sexes, races, and ethnicities for death rates due to opioid overdoses among older adults |
| Lloyd SL, Striley CW. “Marijuana Use Among Adults 50 Years or Older in the 21st Century” |
National |
Demographic-related risk factors for marijuana use in older adults
- The greatest increase in marijuana use was observed among those in the older adult population 50 years or older, and those 65 years or older had the greatest increase in marijuana use in the older adult population.
- Common correlates of marijuana use among those in the older population included being male, being unmarried, having multiple chronic diseases, having psychological stress, and using other substances such as alcohol, tobacco, other illicit drugs, and prescription drugs.
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| Choi NG, DiNitto DM, Marti CN, Choi BY: “Relationship between marijuana and other illicit drug use and depression/suicidal thoughts among late middle-aged and older adults” |
National |
Odds of major depression and suicide in relation to marijuana and other illicit drug use.
- Those who had past year and lifetime drug misuse had higher odds of major depressive disorder
- Those who used marijuana and other illicit drugs had significantly higher odds of suicidal thoughts
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| Dinitto DM, Choi NG: “Marijuana use among older adults in the USA: user characteristics, patterns of use, and implications for intervention” |
National |
Rates of marijuana use among older adults, as well as associated risk factors for older adults who reported use.
- 2.8% of surveyed adults were past-year marijuana users. Of them, 23% had used marijuana on at least half the days of the year.
- Past-year marijuana users were more likely to be younger, black, and not married, and reported higher psychological distress.
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| Social Isolation and Loneliness Among the Aging Population |
National |
Seminar with the Alliance for Health Policy and the NIHCM Foundation that discusses the negative impacts of isolation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
