A Crisis of Her Own: Fatal Opioid Overdose, Opioid Use Disorder, and Intimate Partner Violence Among Rural Utah Women

Authors

Timothy LightFollow
Erin Fanning Madden
Debasree Das Gupta, Utah State UniversityFollow
Hilary Disch
Katie Zaman
Suzanne PrevedelFollow
Sandra H. Sulzer, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Factsheet

Publisher

Utah State University Extension

Publication Date

2-23-2021

First Page

1

Last Page

11

Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control report that the rate of overdose deaths among women is rapidly increasing, with women experiencing a 532% increase in fatal opioid overdose deaths between 1999 and 2017, compared to a 355% increase for men. Among women, those in rural areas have disproportionately higher drug overdose death rates than women in urban areas (Mazure & Fiellin, 2018), indicating an opportunity for targeted rural public health interventions to slow overdose fatality increases among women. This fact sheet reviews Utah trends, potential factors increasing fatal opioid overdose, intimate partner violence and substance use disorders, and provides resources for getting help.

Recommended Citation

Light, Timothy; Fanning Madden, Erin; Das Gupta, Debasree; Disch, Hilary; Zaman, Katie; Prevedel, Suzanne; and Sulzer, Sandra H., "A Crisis of Her Own: Fatal Opioid Overdose, Opioid Use Disorder, and Intimate Partner Violence Among Rural Utah Women" (2021). All Current Publications. Paper 2171.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/extension_curall/2171