Hit Hard by Opioid Crisis, Black Patients Further Hurt by Barriers to Care
KFF Health News
APRIL 2, 2025
per 100,000 residents in 2021 more than double the rate in 2019, according to North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services data. In North Carolina, Black people died from an overdose at the rate of 38.5 Black people, meanwhile, made up about 24% of North Carolina’s population but only 7.5% Learn more about KFF.
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