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Reduce emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children under 5 years — MPS‑01 Data

Status: Little or no detectable change

  Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
18.0 estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children (2020-21)

Target:
16.6 per 10,000

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
25.6 estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children under 5 years occurred in 2016-17

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Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children, 2016-17 to 2020-21 
(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21
Total
25.6
CI 19.5 / 31.7
SE 3.121
21.3
CI 17.2 / 25.5
SE 2.109
18.0
CI 13.6 / 22.3
SE 2.221