Minnesota Priority Topic Investments

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Minnesota Overdose Investment Snapshot

Combatting the current overdose crisis is a priority for the agency. This page provides an overview of the FY22 CDC Injury Center (NCIPC) overdose investments for the state of Minnesota.

There were 106,699 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2021 (32.4 deaths per 100,000 standard population), a 16% increase from 2020. Approximately 75% of drug overdose deaths in 2021 involved at least one opioid; 66% of deaths involved synthetic opioids (e.g., illicitly manufactured fentanyls). Drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids increased 25%, deaths involving psychostimulants (e.g., methamphetamine) increased 37%, and deaths involving cocaine increased 26% from 2020 to 2021. Although deaths increased overall and in all drug categories except heroin, the increases from 2020 to 2021 were generally lower than those from 2019 to 2020, suggesting a slowing of the increase in overdose deaths.

In 2021 in Minnesota there were:

1,356

overdose deaths

24.5

overdose deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted)

Source: NVSS – Drug Overdose Deaths

Overdose Funding At A Glance
Overdose Funding At A Glance
Minnesota

$2,879,501

FY22 Minnesota Total Overdose Prevention Funding

 

 

FY22 Awards

Overdose Data to Action (OD2A)

  • Minnesota State Award: $2,805,001

Public Health and Public Safety

  • Overdose Response Strategy: $74,500*

 

*average award amount

Examples of How Minnesota Is Working to Prevent Overdose

overdose strategies
public safety
Hot spot detection

Minnesota partnered with law enforcement and emergency medical services to widely expand use of the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP). Increasing understanding of overdose hot spots in real time, ODMAP is currently used by over 100 agencies and in 76 counties in Minnesota. ODMAP also helps inform public communication and public health response during overdose spikes.

capacity building
Community-driven action

Minnesota implemented interventions in four high-burden communities, assisting local health departments with implementation of overdose fatality review committees and using findings to prioritize and plan prevention strategies. These interventions address Minnesota’s high overdose rate and health disparities among American Indians and African Americans.

CDC Overdose Prevention Strategies

CDC’s Injury Center plays a critical role in addressing the drug overdose epidemic by driving progress in the five strategic priorities that guide CDC’s response framework for preventing overdoses.

  • infographic
    Strategic Priorities Overview
  • trends
    Monitor, Analyze, and Communicate Trends
  • capacity building
    Build State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Capacity
  • healthcare
    Support Providers, Health Systems, Payors, and Employers
  • public safety
    Partner with Public Safety and Community Organizations
  • awareness
    Raise Public Awareness and Reduce Stigma

Additional Resources

References

1 Spencer MR, Miniño AM, Warner M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 2001–2021. NCHS Data Brief, no 457. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi. org/10.15620/cdc:122556

Minnesota ACEs Investment Snapshot

Preventing, identifying, and responding to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is a priority for the agency. This page provides an overview of the FY22 CDC Injury Center (NCIPC) ACEs investments for the state of Minnesota.

ACEs are preventable, potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years) such as neglect, experiencing or witnessing violence, or having a family member attempt or die by suicide. Among U.S. adults surveyed between 2011-2020, 63.9% of adults had at least one ACE and 17.3% had 4 or more types of ACEs. Preventing ACEs could reduce a large number of health conditions, including up to 21 million cases of depression, 1.9 million cases of heart disease, and 2.5 million cases of overweight/obesity.

Swedo EA, Aslam MV, Dahlberg LL, Niolon PH, Simon TR, Guinn AS, Mercy JA. Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences Among U.S. Adults – Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 2011-2020. MMWR.

In 2011 in Minnesota*:

58.0%

of U.S. adults reported experiencing at least one ACE

13.2%

of U.S. adults reported experiencing four or more ACEs

*ACE statistics are reported by U.S. adults and include exposure to eight types of ACEs: physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, witnessing intimate partner violence, household substance abuse, household mental illness, parental separation or divorce, and incarcerated household member. (Source: Swedo EA, Aslam MV, Dahlberg LL, Niolon PH, Simon TR, Guinn AS, Mercy JA. Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences Among U.S. Adults – Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 2011-2020. MMWR.).

ACEs Funding At A Glance
ACEs Funding At A Glance
Minnesota

$400,000

Total ACEs Funding Appropriated within Minnesota for FY22 Activities

 

 

FY22 Awards

Preventing ACEs: Data to Action (PACE:D2A)

  • Minnesota Department of Health: $400,000
Other Support for ACEs in Minnesota

Beyond the ACEs appropriation, CDC supports several initiatives, research, and partnerships to build state and tribal surveillance infrastructure and enhance ACEs prevention and mitigation.

In Minnesota, some of those other initiatives include:

Examples of How Minnesota Is Working to Prevent ACEs

Surveillance activities

The Minnesota Department of Health is adding questions about experiencing ACEs to the Minnesota YRBS to provide representative state-wide estimates of ACEs for Minnesota public high school students. They are also utilizing data from the Minnesota Student Health Survey to look at ACEs indicators, and risk and protective factors among youth in communities statewide.

Prevention strategies and approaches

The Minnesota Department of Health is promoting Social Norms that protect against violence and adversity through a public education campaign on ACEs and specifically targeted messaging for indigenous communities. They are also ensuring a strong start for children by creating ACEs education modules focused on a two-generation approach for early home visitation providers.

CDC ACEs Prevention and Mitigation Strategies

ACEs and their associated harms are preventable. Creating and sustaining safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for all children and families can prevent ACEs and help all children reach their full health and life potential. CDC has produced a suite of technical packages to help states and communities take advantage of the best available evidence to prevent violence, including the many types of violence and social, economic, and other exposures in the home and community that adversely affect children.

From this suite of technical packages, CDC developed Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Resource for Action, which outlines six strategies that can prevent ACEs from happening in the first place as well as mitigate the harms of ACEs.

  • Strengthening Economic Supports to Families
    Strengthening Economic Supports to Families
  • Promotesocialnorms
    Promoting Social Norms that Protect Against Violence and Adversity
  • Ensuring a Strong Start for Children
    Ensuring a Strong Start for Children
  • Teaching Skills
    Teaching Skills
  • Connecting Youth to Caring Adults and Activities
    Connecting Youth to Caring Adults and Activities
  • Connecting Youth to Caring Adults and Activities
    Intervening to Lessen Immediate and Long-Term Harms

Additional Resources