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WV DHHR studies 2016 overdose deaths in West Virginia
West Virginia DHHR reports 2016 overdose deaths show 71 percent had Medicaid in the prior year and 81 percent interacted with health care systems. Men dominated fatalities, most decedents were ages 35 to 54 with high school education or less, and many had blue collar jobs or prior incarceration. The rate rose from 41.5 to 52 per 100,000 from 2015 to 2016.
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Charleston
West
West Virginia
DHHR
Christina Mullins
Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health
Bureau For Public Health
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Mullins
Bureau For Behavioral Health and Health Facilities
Rahul Gupta