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Table 2: Drug Overdose Deaths in Females Aged 13-50 Years in Two Periods of Time in 10 Counties (n1=280, n2=97).
Post KASPER (N=280)
Pre KASPER (N=97)
County of Death
N
%
95% Lower
95% Upper
N
%
95% Lower
95% Upper
P
Jefferson
48
17.14
13.14
22.03
9
9.28
4.71
16.95
0.071
Fayette
22
7.86
5.18
11.67
1
1.03
0.00
6.2
0.013
Kenton
18
6.43
4.04
10
8
8.25
3.97
15.71
0.642
Boone
10
3.57
1.86
6.54
4
4.12
1.24
10.5
0.761
Campbell
9
3.21
1.6
6.09
2
2.06
0.08
7.7
0.736
Bullitt
7
2.5
1.11
5.18
1
1.03
0.00
6.2
0.686
Bell
7
2.5
1.11
5.18
1
1.03
0.00
6.2
0.686
Pulaski
7
2.5
1.11
5.18
4
4.12
1.24
10.5
0.484
Harlan
6
2.14
0.87
4.71
2
2.06
0.08
7.7
1
Anderson
3
1.07
0.21
3.26
0
0
0.00
4.6
0.572
Table 2a: Heroin Death in Top 10 counties in post KASPER group and Heroin Deaths in Females Aged 13-50 Years in
Two Periods of Time in 10 Counties (n1=61, n2=3)
Post KASPER (N=61)
County of Heroin Death
N
%
95% Lower
95% Upper
N
%
95% Lower
95% Upper
P
Jefferson
13
21.31
12.61
33.41
0
0
0.00
67.62
1
Fayette
7
11.48
5.25
22.27
0
0
0.00
67.62
1
Kenton
5
8.2
3.05
18.3
2
66.67
13.78
100.00
0.03
Boone
4
6.56
2.02
16.25
1
33.33
0.00
86.22
0.22
Campbell
4
6.56
2.02
16.25
0
0
0.00
67.62
1
Bullitt
2
3.28
0.16
11.93
0
0
0.00
67.62
1
Bell
1
1.64
0.00
9.63
0
0
0.00
67.62
1
Pulaski
1
1.64
0.00
9.63
0
0
0.00
67.62
1
Harlan
1
1.64
0.00
9.63
0
0
0.00
67.62
1
Anderson
2
3.28
0.16
11.93
0
0
0.00
67.62
1
The intended benefits of the 2012 KASPER Drug Law were to
decrease the street use of prescription opioids, shut down “pill mills,”
and introduce more responsibility in drug prescribing. The unintended consequences of this drug law were to significantly increase
the use of street heroin, increase respiratory failure as a cause of
death, increase the place of death to emergency departments and
increase the overdose deaths in married women.
The overall number of females aged 13-50 years dying from a
narcotic overdose has not changed, but the KASPER Drug Law
increased the deaths from heroin. No pregnant woman was a drug
overdose death, as reported by death certificates.
The KASPER law decreased the availability of prescription narcotic drugs by shutting down “pill mills” by greater supervision of
large dispensers o