1. Colorado’s Opioid Epidemic
What Fifteen Years of Death Data Tells Us
Colorado Providers Association
June 15, 2016

2. Takeaways Drug overdoses in Colorado are at an all-time high.
This epidemic impacts all Coloradans, but some groups are impacted more than others.

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6. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

7. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

8. A Demographic Profile Deaths Due to Heroin or Opioid Painkiller Overdose
Males more likely to die of a heroin overdose than females.
Highest death rate for heroin and painkillers in the 26 to 34 age group.
Rates are highest for non- Hispanic whites.

9. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

10. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

11. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

12. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

13. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

14. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

15. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

16. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

17. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

18. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

19. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

20. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Vital Statistics

21. Takeaways Drug overdoses in Colorado are at an all-time high.
This epidemic impacts all Coloradans, but some groups are impacted more than others.

22. Tamara Keeney keeneyt@coloradohealthinstitute.org 720-382-7088