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    INDIANA’S OPIOID EPIDEMIC

    IS BECOMING DEADLIER AND


    COSTING THE STATE BILLIONS
    OCTOBER 2018

    OPIOID USE IN INDIANA CONTINUES TO WORSEN

    in Marion County from


    355 drug overdoses in 2017
    In 2017, 1,700 Hoosiers 2011 2017 deaths
    died from drug overdose

    An all time high and a 75% increase since 2011 An all time high and a 123% increase since 2011

    Deaths from fentanyl, a powerful synthetic


    Opioids are responsible for 81% of drug opioid, have surged. The presence of fentanyl in
    overdose deaths in Marion County Marion County overdoses increased from
    6% to 46% between 2013 and 2017

    HUMAN TOLL GOES BEYOND DEATHS

    Infants exposed to opioids during


    pregnancy can suffer from: X3 Injection-drug users run
    the risk of serious disease,
    including hepatitis C and HIV.
    NAS Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Number of Indiana
    children in foster care
    Experiencing symptoms such as: tremors, sleep
    problems, poor feeding, vomiting and diarrhea tripled due to drug misuse In Marion County, acute
    by parents hepatitis C infections have
    NAS Rates have risen 87% in Marion County risen more than 12-fold from
    — from 2,837 in 2003 to
    and 86% in Indiana from 2013-2014 to almost 9,000 in 2016 2013 to 2017
    2015-2016

    OPIOID USE COSTS INDIANA BILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR Economic


    $43 damages
    BILLION statewide over
    Direct Damages (e.g., acute the past 15 years
    $1 hospitalizations, incarceration,
    $4.3 BILLION
    BILLION treatment of NAS and foster care)
    Damages over the past 15
    Economic damages
    $3.3
    $3.3 Billio
    n $7.4 years in Marion County
    in 2017 in Indiana Lost productivity BILLION
    BILLION ($7,759 per resident)
    s
    Note: All 2017 data are preliminary.

    Sources
    Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. The Changing Landscape of the Opioid Epidemic in Marion County and Evidence for Action. October 2018.

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