Other Substance Use Overall drug-related mortality rates in Polk County were higher than the Florida average , yet opioid-related rates were that deaths due to substances such as methamphetamines may be higher than the Florida average .
Substance Use Impact
Neonatal abstinence syndrome rate per 10,000 live births ( 2018 )
17.8
62.1
Age-adjusted opioid overdose death rate per 100,000 ( 2018 ) 10.2
18.7
Age-adjusted drug overdose death rate per 100,000 ( 2018 )
24.5 28.1
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Measure |
Polk County |
Florida |
Age-adjusted drug overdose death rate per 100,000 ( 2018 ) |
28.1 |
2 |
Age-adjusted opioid overdose death rate per 100,000 ( 2018 ) |
10.2 |
1 |
Neonatal abstinence syndrome rate per 10,000 live births ( 2018 ) |
17.8 |
|
Source : FDLE ; Florida ' s Integrated Report Exchange System ( FIRES ), as shown in the Polk County Community Health Assessment . Available at http :// polk . floridahealth services / community-health-planning-and-statistics /_ documents / Polk _ CHA2020 . pdf