Total Opioid Prescriptions, 2022
2,299,615
Total Overdose Deaths, 2022
358
Total Naloxone Administrations, 2022
2,555
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Opioid Dosage Units, 2023
During Q4 2023, over 29 million opioid dosage units (e.g., pills) were dispensed in Mississippi.
During 2022, over 149 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, 2023
In Q4 2023, 561,267 opioid prescriptions were dispensed in Mississippi.
In 2022, over 2,299,615 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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Naloxone Administrations, 2023
Naloxone Administrations in MS, 2023
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data revealed that naloxone was administered 750 times during Q4 2023, which is a 25.5% increase compared to Q4 2022 (605).
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data revealed that naloxone was administered 3,084 times during 2023, which is 20.7% higher than the number of administrations in 2022 (2,555).
There were 104 EMS naloxone administrations per 100,000 persons in Mississippi in 2023.
On average, 257 naloxone administrations were reported in Mississippi each month during 2023.
Of the individuals to whom naloxone was administered, 59.4% were male, and 65.0% were non-Hispanic white.
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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, 2023
Suspected Overdose Deaths in MS, 2023
In Q3 2023, 49 (68.06%) of the 72 suspected overdose deaths reported to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) were opioid-related. The number of opioid-related deaths decreased by 8.96% from Q3 2022 to Q3 2023, and the total number of overdose deaths decreased by 13.89%.
In 2022, 281 (78.4%) of the 358 suspected overdose deaths reported to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) were opioid-related.
The number of opioid-related deaths decreased by 25.27% from 2021 to 2022, and the total number of overdose deaths decreased by 37.15%.
The number of deaths involving heroin decreased from 2021 (43 deaths) to 2022 (34 deaths) by 20.9%.
There were 9.4 opioid-related overdose deaths per 100,000 persons reported to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) in 2022.
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