In 2023, the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions and the Overdose Prevention Engagement Network (OPEN) partnered together to create a landscape map of Michigan and accompanying analysis that shows demographic information from 2019 with a connection to opioid use disorder, examining data such as unemployment rates, annual income, opioid-related hospitalizations, and physical and mental health and well-being.
In this analysis, the two groups identified three county clusters across Michigan that have been especially affected by the opioid epidemic. These clusters included the Bay County cluster (Genesee, Saginaw, Bay, Arenac, Iosco, and Alcona), The Marquette County cluster (Marquette, Baraga, Dickinson, Delta, and Menominee), and the Wayne-Macomb-St. Clair County cluster (Wayne, Macomb, St. Clair).
These updates unveil new analysis on opioid trends in Michigan ranging from overdose deaths, EMS response rates, and hospitalizations.