The interactive map and tables below display opioid data for Alabama aggregated by Primary Care Service Area (PCSA), based on DEA ARCOS data obtained by the Washington Post. Each PCSA is based on a centroid: a single general admission hospital in most cases, or a cluster of such hospitals in a few large urban areas, or the center of a small town without a hospital in a few rural cases. The PCSA corresponding to the centroid consists of the region of the state that is closer to that centroid than any other, as measured by drive time through the road network. We have 79 centroids distributed throughout the state so that the PCSAs generally correspond to drive times of 30 minutes or less to the centroids. Like the counties, the PCSAs partition the state. For an overview of our project and for definitions and instructions, see the Introduction.

Map

The interactive map below shows Alabama's 79 PCSAs. Darker colors correspond to PCSAs with higher PPY. Click on a PCSA to see summary information. The pharmacies can be added as an overlay with the layer control.

Tables and Graphs

PCSA Table

The interactive table below displays Alabama opioid data aggregated by PCSA. Click on rows in the table to see the corresponding PCSAs highlighted in the map above. Click on a selected row again to de-select and remove the highlighting.

Summary by Type

The following table and graphs gives summary data by PCSA type: rural or urban. Click on a row to see the corresponding PCSAs highlighted in the map above. Click on a selected row again to de-select and remove the highlighting.