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What’s behind the racial disparities in Minnesota opioid overdose deaths?
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Opioid overdoses—mainly fentanyl—killed more than 4,000 Minnesotans from 2019 through 2023. And there have been dramatic racial disparities that have only grown as death rates show signs of maybe leveling off. This is especially true for Native Americans, who in those five years were 15 times more likely to suffer a fatal overdose than white people. Minnesotans who did not go to college were also more likely to die from opioids.
Antony Stately is a clinical psychologist and the President and Executive Officer of the Native American Community Clinic. Dr. Dziwe Ntaba is an emergency medicine physician and an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
These two health care providers are working to prevent more deaths from opioid overdose. They joined MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer to talk about what’s behind the numbers—and what they leave out.
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