In Carroll County, deaths associated with drug overdose rates decreased 13.34% from 62.2 to 53.9 per 100k, between the 2011-2015 and 2016-2020 time periods45. Compared with the Commonwealth and the U.S. Carroll County mortality from drug overdoses is slightly lower than the Commonwealth but remains higher than the national rate at 53.9 compared with 32.545.
Deaths from opioid specific overdoses also decreased but only slightly, representing a 1.24% decrease between the 2011-2015 and 2016-2020 time periods45. In contrast, rates for opioid specific drug overdose deaths in the Commonwealth and U.S. both increased during the same time period that Carroll County experienced a decrease.45
