Opioid Mortality Rate: Latino vs White
New York Finger Lakes Region
The chart trends the opioid overdose mortality rate for Latino and White non-Latino residents. Opioid overdose deaths have been rising in the Finger Lakes region, up 300% from 2011 to 2020. Opioid overdose deaths disproportionately impact Latino residents, whose mortality rate in 2020 was nearly double that of White non-Latino residents.
This data visualization is part of Unheard: How Silencing Latino Voices Harms Latino Health Equity.
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