WISH: Opioid Module

• What are opioids?
• Where do the data come from?
• What do the different statistics mean?

View A Guide to Interpreting Opioid Statistics, P-02084 (PDF) developed by the Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health, Office of Health Informatics to find answers to these questions.

Related resources

• Hospital Encounters Data Query
• Drug Overdose Deaths Data Query
• DHS Opioids home page
• Data Source
• Definitions
• Technical Notes
• Related links

Opioid overdose deaths have been increasing. There were over 13 times as many deaths in 2022 as in 2000. View the data.

Have questions?

Contact the Office of Health Informatics in the Division of Public Health at DHShealthstats@dhs.wisconsin.gov.