A UWF team led by Raid Amin and Rodney Guttmann has identified areas in the contiguous U.S. where suicide rates and opioid death rates are high and where the deaths overlap. Their observations could assist health agencies in identifying conditions that may be driving an unusually high rate of suicides and/or opioid deaths.
The team examined U.S. deaths between 2000-2019 using SaTScan/ArcGIS software to analyze geographic information and create cluster/heatmaps. Nine significant clusters were found: six were suicide and opioids, and three were opioids only. Based on this information, interventions could be implemented to attempt to reduce elevated rates of suicides in areas of concern.
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