Reduce overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone — IVP‑22 Data Methodology and Measurement

About the National Data

Data

Baseline: 9.9 deaths per 100,000 population were caused by an overdose involving synthetic opioids other than methadone in 2018

Target: 8.9 per 100,000

Numerator
Number of overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids (other than methadone) (ICD-10 code: T40.4 in any field of the multiple cause of death file) among deaths with an underlying external cause-of-injury (ICD-10 codes: X40–X44, X60–X64, X85, Y10–Y14).
Denominator
Number of persons.
Target-setting method
Percent improvement
Target-setting method details
10 percent improvement from the baseline.
Target-setting method justification
Trend data were evaluated for this objective, but it was not possible to project a target because the trend was moving away from the desired direction. A 10 percent improvement from the baseline was used to calculate a target. This method was used because of recent increases in the number of deaths and interventions such as overdose education and naloxone distribution are promising strategies to address this issue and help decrease the number of opioid-related deaths.

Methodology

Methodology notes

Deaths are classified using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD–10). Drug overdose deaths are identified using underlying cause-of-death codes X40–X44, X60–X64, X85, and Y10–Y14. The numerator will include drug overdose deaths that have synthetic opioids other than methadone ["other synthetic narcotics"] (T40.4) as a contributing cause using the multiple cause of death file.

History

Comparable HP2020 objective
Retained, which includes core objectives that are continuing from Healthy People 2020 with no change in measurement.