Data Metric Summary Table

This data metric summary table provides an index of data metrics located on the hub as well as an at-a-glance look at each of the metrics being tracked on the Maine Drug Data Hub. The metrics are divided into the five focus areas of the Maine Opioid Crisis Strategic Action Plan: Leadership, Prevention, Harm Reduction, Treatment, and Recovery.

Each metric on the Maine Drug Data Hub is updated on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis depending on when data reports are compiled and data are released. Located on the data table is the most recent time period for the metric, the most current provisional data, and the most current year-to-date totals. Hyperlinks are provided to direct users to metrics within the hub for further data exploration.


Data Metric Summary Table

MetricFocus AreaLatest Data SetMost Recent DataYear-to-Date Total
Number of Overdose DeathsLeadershipQ3 2020122380
Deaths Due to Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl or fentanyl analogsLeadership2019259259
Grams of Drugs Seized by Maine Drug Enforcement AgencyPrevention201816,25916,259
Pharmaceutical Dosage Units Seized by Maine Drug Enforcement AgencyPrevention201823,12423,124
Drug Arrests Made by Maine Drug Enforcement AgencyPrevention2018563563
Morphine Milligram Equivalents Prescribed in MainePreventionQ4 2019135,000,000562,000,000
Opioid Prescriptions in MainePreventionQ4 2019164,000681,000
Patients Prescribed Opioids PreventionQ4 201969,00069,000
Doses of State-Supplied Naloxone DistributedHarm ReductionDecember 20203,52059,782
Total Enrollees in Syringe Access ProgramsHarm Reduction20195,5945,594
Total Number of Exchanges at Syringe Access ProgramsHarm Reduction201918,07918,079
Service referrals made by Syringe Access ProgramsHarm Reduction201917,37617,376
EMS Incidents Requiring Naloxone AdministrationHarm Reduction20201,3651,365
Suspected Drug Overdose in Maine Emergency Departments (Fatal and Nonfatal)Harm ReductionQ4 20208743,836
Mainers over the age of twelve suffering from substance-use disorderTreatment2016-20188.64%8.64%
MaineCare claims for substance-use disorderTreatment201922,08022,080
Mainers with substance-use disorder who did not receive treatmentTreatment2016-20188.04%8.04%
The number of Maine Department of Corrections clients receiving Medication-Assisted TreatmentTreatment2019115115
Percent of Maine Department of Corrections clients who attended community treatment post incarceration Treatment201984%84%
Percent of Maine Department of Corrections clients enrolled in Medication-Assisted Treatment who received naloxone at their releaseTreatment2019100%100%
Substance-use education and prevention programs completed by Maine Department of Corrections clientsTreatment20191,2151,215
Number of Recovery Community CentersRecovery20201313
Number of Deaths Caused by Cocaine or Methamphetamine Alone or in Combination with other DrugsLeadership2019157157
Number of Deaths Caused by Benzodiazepines Alone or in Combination with other DrugsLeadership20198484
Naloxone administrations and Reported Overdose Reversals by Law Enforcement, Public Health, EMS, and Harm Reduction ProgramsHarm ReductionSeptember 20203281231 *since June
Cumulative Opioid Overdose Reversals Reported by Community PartnersHarm ReductionNovember 20201,2111,211
Monthly Opioid Overdose Reversals Reported by Community PartnersHarm ReductionNovember 20201381,136
Benzodiazepines Prescriptions in MainePreventionQ4 2019110,000462,000
Patients Prescribed BenzodiazepinesPreventionQ4 201955,00055,000
Syringes Distributed by Syringes Access ProgramsHarm Reduction20201,481,6791,481,679
Syringes Collected by Syringe Access ProgramsHarm Reduction20201,310,5241,310,524
Total Syringes Exchanges by Syringe Access ProgramsHarm Reduction20202,794,2232,794,223
Pounds of Prescription Drugs Collected at MDEA Take Back Day Prevention202040,14840,148
Suspected and Confirmed Monthly Fatal OverdosesLeadershipJanuary 20215858
Distribution of Monthly Drug Deaths by Maine CountyLeadershipJanuary 2021VariedVaried
Age Composition of Monthly Overdose DecedentsLeadershipJanuary 2021VariedVaried
Gender Composition of Monthly Overdose DecedentsLeadershipJanuary 2021VariedVaried
EMS Responding Alone to Fatal OverdosesLeadershipJanuary 202133
Law Enforcement Responding Alone to Fatal OverdosesLeadershipJanuary 20211111
EMS and Law Enforcement Co-responding to Fatal OverdosesLeadershipJanuary 20214545
Number of Monthly Fatal Overdoses Ruled an AccidentLeadershipJanuary 20215757
Number of Monthly Fatal Overdoses Ruled a SuicideLeadershipJanuary 202111
Number of Decedents Administered NaloxoneLeadershipJanuary 20211212
Number of Decedents Administered Naloxone by Bystanders OnlyLeadershipJanuary 202122
Number of Decedents Administered Naloxone by Law Enforcement OnlyLeadershipJanuary 202100
Number of Decedents Administered Naloxone by EMS OnlyLeadershipJanuary 202188
Number of Decedents Administered Naloxone by Both EMS and Law EnforcementLeadershipJanuary 202111
Number of Decedents Administered Naloxone by Both EMS and a BystanderLeadershipJanuary 202111
Monthly Number of Nonfatal OverdosesLeadershipQ4 2020variedvaried

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