Population Health
December 13, 2016
IHME study finds large increases in U.S. deaths related to substance abuse and mental disorders
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington released a new study today that found substantial geographic differences in mortality in more than 3,100 U.S. counties.
The study, which was published in JAMA, found that more than 2,000 counties had increases of 200 percent or more in deaths related to substance abuse and mental disorders over the last 34 years.
Through their updated visualization tool and county profiles, IHME is able to offer these findings as a resource to counties and others to help reduce health disparities.