Safe RX Tuolumne Statistics

There were 330,054 prescriptions for opioids in Stanislaus in 2023.
The annual age-adjusted opioid prescribing rate for 2023 was 568.02 per 1,000 residents.
This represents a 6% increase in prescribing from 2022.

The following charts present 12-month moving averages for age-adjusted opioid prescribing rates, MMEs (morphine milligram equivalents) per person, high dosage (i.e. greater than 90 Daily MMEs in the quarter), and opioid/benzodiazepine overlap age-adjusted rate from 2021 to 2023