Beaconomics
Opioid-related deaths soar in Monroe County
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Upstate rates of opioid deaths far exceed the rates experienced in New York City’s largest boroughs. The growth in the rate of deaths due to opioid overdoses is terrifying.
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Upstate rates of opioid deaths far exceed the rates experienced in New York City’s largest boroughs. The growth in the rate of deaths due to opioid overdoses is terrifying.
Darrell Huff’s “How to Lie with Statistics” was an instant classic following its publication in 1954. Do widely quoted figures on K-12 education tell the whole story?
In 1990, there were 13 private, independent hospitals in Monroe County and the five counties that surround it. Today, nearly all these local hospitals have become part of either Rochester Regional Health or the University of Rochester system.