#  GEOStory of Opioid Addiction 

 



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Several agencies and public officials worked together to map out the data, identify trends, and push for a unified, place-based strategic response down to the zip-code level.The map displays information like where heroin-related arrests have been made, where opioid-related EMS responses have occurred, how many opioid-related Emergency Department visits have been made, how many opioid-related hospitalizations have occurred, and opioid prescription rates of area communities. These efforts and attention helped NKY slow the rates of opioid overdose deaths.



 

##  Stats 

Dataset(s): Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center, Kentucky Death Certificate Database, Kentucky Sate Police, Crash Information KY, Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic, Shining a light on MEDs, Heroin Impact Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kentucky HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, NKY Health Epidemiology Services, Northern Kentucky Drug Strike, Office of Drug Control Policy

Visualization: Map

Jurisdiction: Northern Kentucky

Developed by: Northern Kentucky Health Department

Partners: Heroin Impact Response Team



 

 



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  [### Map Monday: Fighting the Opioid Epidemic in Northern Kentucky

 ](/news/article/map-monday-fighting-opioid-epidemic-northern-kentucky) November 26, 2018 

 November 26, 2018 Public Health Map: GEOStory of Opioid Addiction Geographic Area: Northern Kentucky Year Published: 2017 Goal: To enable the NKY Heroin Impact Response Team (HIRT) to take a data driven approach to addressing the opioid epidemic and to... 

 

 

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