opiates & drugs

While NJ overdose deaths have remained flat during the Covid-19 pandemic compared to rising rates in other states, racial and ethnic disparities in deaths have ___

increased

Black residents currently have the ___ rate of overdose deaths among all racial/ethnic groups in NJ

highest

Among Black residents, the rate of overdose deaths rose from ___ per 100,000 persons in 2020 to ___ per 100,000 persons in 2021

54.6 per 100,000

65.9 per 100,000

Among Hispanic residents, the rate rose from ___ per 100,000 to ___ per 100,000

24.6 per 100,000

25.9 per 100,000

In contrast, the rate of overdose deaths among White residents decreased from ___ per 100,000 to ___ per 100,000

37.7 per 100,000

34.9 per 100,000

2000-2018: overdose death rate per 100,000 increased in NJ from _ to __ (change of ___%)

8 to 33 (change of 341%)

2000-2015: jail population rate in NJ per 100,000 residents changed from ___ to ___, a change of _%

272 to 253, a change of -7%