This page describes information on the impacts of opioids on families and children.

The included data are from the Income & Poverty tables of the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey's (ACS) 5 year estimates by County. It includes data on family and non-family households and income below or at and above poverty. For additional information about the data, visit https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html.

This dataset summarizes the number of dependent children (less than 18 years old) removed from households due to parental drug abuse. The data indicates if the dependent children were placed in kinship care or not.
The total number of children in this data set are provided by the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), which publishes 5 year estimates of the population. The most recent year of entries in this data set may be available before the corresponding ACS population estimates for that year are published. In that case, the data set uses values from the most recently published ACS estimates and notes the year from which those estimates are pulled. These values are updated once the Census Bureau releases the most recent estimates.”
*Kinship care refers to the care of children by relatives or, in some jurisdictions, close family friends (often referred to as fictive kin). Relatives are the preferred resource for children who must be removed from their birth parents because it maintains the children's connections with their families.
*The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) definition of parental drug abuse is “Principal caretaker’s compulsive use of drugs that is not of a temporary nature.”

This dataset summarizes the number of dependent children (less than 18 years old) removed from households in the 2017 and 2018 federal fiscal years due to parental drug abuse.

This dataset summarizes the rate of newborn/neonatal hospital stays in which there is a diagnosis of withdrawal symptoms from maternal use of drugs of addiction or diagnosis of maternal substance exposure in the first 28 days of life, relative to the total number of birth hospitalizations.
Analyses were completed by the University of Pittsburgh using data from the PA Health Care Cost Containment Council and in cooperation with PA DOH.
PHC4’s database contains statewide hospital discharge data submitted to PHC4 by Pennsylvania hospitals. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information obtained from the Uniform Claims and Billing Form (UB-82/92/04) data elements. Computer collection edits and validation edits provide opportunity to correct specific errors that may have occurred prior to, during or after submission of data. The ultimate responsibility for data accuracy lies with individual providers.

This dataset summarizes the number of dependent children (less than 18 years old) removed from households in the 2017 and 2018 federal fiscal years due to parental drug abuse. The data indicates if the children were placed in kinship care or not.
*Kinship care refers to the care of children by relatives or, in some jurisdictions, close family friends (often referred to as fictive kin). Relatives are the preferred resource for children who must be removed from their birth parents because it maintains the children's connections with their families.

This dataset summarizes the number of women (12 to 55 years old) with a delivery and indicates how many of those women were diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD) during their pregnancy. Delivery includes live birth or stillbirth. Data collection started in 2016 and will be updated quarterly as data becomes available.

Analyses were completed by the University of Pittsburgh using data from the PA Health Care Cost Containment Council and in cooperation with PA DOH.
PHC4’s database contains statewide hospital discharge data submitted to PHC4 by Pennsylvania hospitals. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information obtained from the Uniform Claims and Billing Form (UB-82/92/04) data elements. Computer collection edits and validation edits provide opportunity to correct specific errors that may have occurred prior to, during or after submission of data. The ultimate responsibility for data accuracy lies with individual providers.

This dataset summarizes the number of dependent children (less than 18 years old) removed from households in the 2017 and 2018 federal fiscal years due to parental drug abuse. The data indicates if the children were placed in kinship care or not.
*Kinship care refers to the care of children by relatives or, in some jurisdictions, close family friends (often referred to as fictive kin). Relatives are the preferred resource for children who must be removed from their birth parents because it maintains the children's connections with their families.

Information and a searchable map for Reproductive Services Statewide. If you are not ready to get pregnant or have a child, you should consider accessing contraception, reproductive health, and family planning services. These services aim to help people prevent unwanted pregnancies, help families achieve a desired number and spacing of pregnancies, provide pregnancy testing and counseling, and maintain and achieve overall health and wellness.

This dataset summarizes the number of women on Medical Assistance (MA) ages 12 to 55 years old with a delivery and indicates how many of those women were diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) during their pregnancy. Delivery includes live birth or stillbirth. Data collection started in 2016 and will be updated quarterly as data becomes available.