Total Opioid Prescriptions, 2023
2,276,869
Total Suspected Overdose Deaths, 2023
392
Total Naloxone Administrations, 2023
3,084
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Opioid Dosage Units, 2024
During Q2 2024, over 29 million opioid dosage units (e.g., pills) were dispensed in Mississippi.
During 2023, over 118 million opioid dosage units (e.g. pills) were dispensed in Mississippi.
On average, approximately 323,988.1 dosage units were dispensed each day during 2023.
Compared to 2022, the number of dosage units dispensed decreases by 1.4% or approximately 1.6 million pills in 2023.
In 2022, there were enough opioid dosage units dispensed for each Mississippian to have a supply of 40.1 dosage units.
Opioid Prescriptions, 2024
In Q2 2024, 566,064 opioid prescriptions were dispensed in Mississippi.
In 2023, over 2,276,869 opioid prescriptions were dispensed in Mississippi.
On average, 6,237 opioid prescriptions were dispensed every day during this year.
A .99% decrease in the number of opioid prescriptions was observed from 2022 to 2023.
In 2023, there were enough opioid prescriptions dispensed for 77.1% of Mississippians to have a prescription.
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Quarterly Naloxone Administrations, 2024
Naloxone Administrations in MS, 2024
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data revealed that naloxone was administered 629 times during Q2 2024, which is a 21% decrease compared to Q2 2023 (797).
On average, 209 naloxone administrations were reported in Mississippi each month during second quarter of 2024.
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Treatment Admissions, 2023
Patients with Opioid as Diagnosis in MS, 2023
A total of 1,988 Mississippians were admitted in Q3 2023 to community mental health centers for all substance use disorders and 470 for opioid use disorders (includes primary, secondary, and tertiary).
A total of 1,735 Mississippians were admitted in 2022 to community mental health centers for all substance use disorders and 835 for opioid use disorders (includes primary, secondary, and tertiary).
Opioids were listed as the primary diagnosis for 567 (32.7%) of the 1,735 unique patients admitted in 2022.
In Q2, the most patients (197) were admitted for opioid use disorder as a primary diagnosis; however, the most people were admitted for all substance use disorders in Q4 (1047).
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Suspected Overdose Deaths, 2024
Suspected Overdose Deaths in MS, 2024
In Q2 2024, 46 (73.02%) of the 63 suspected overdose deaths reported to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) were opioid-related. The number of opioid-related deaths decreased by 6.0% from Q2 2023 to Q2 2024, and the total number of overdose deaths decreased by 3.28%.
The number of deaths involving heroin decreased from Q2 2023 (9 deaths) to Q2 2024 (2 deaths) by 77.78%.
There were 11.5 opioid-related overdose deaths per 100,000 persons reported to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) in Q2 2024.
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