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Understanding where non-fatal overdoses occur can inform overdose prevention and response efforts.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>EMS data from biospatial by ImageTrend were queried from 888 counties reporting consistently during January 2022 to December 2024, representing approximately 30.6% of the US population. Frequencies and proportions of non-fatal opioid-involved overdose (hereafter, \u2018non-fatal overdose\u2019) EMS encounters were calculated by location, sex, race and ethnicity, age group and US Census Bureau region. Quarterly trends in proportions were also examined.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Private residences (55.3%) were the most common location of non-fatal overdoses, followed by streets and highways (19.5%), across all demographic groups. Non-fatal overdose encounters were also common in schools and public administrative buildings among persons aged &lt; 19 years, and in healthcare facilities among persons \u2265 55 years. Minor declines (average quarterly percent change (AQPC): \u22120.9) were observed from January 2022 through September 2024 in private residences but not in streets and highways.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion and conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Tailoring risk reduction efforts, such as training potential bystanders on opioid overdose reversal medication (OORM) administration and increasing OORM availability in public and private locations, to settings where non-fatal overdose is most common may help reduce overdose morbidity and mortality.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/ip-2026-046301","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]],"date-time":"2026-09-03T17:20:25Z","timestamp":1788456025000},"page":"ip-2026-046301","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Locations of emergency medical services attended non-fatal opioid-involved overdoses, 888 counties, USA, 2022\u20132024"],"prefix":"10.1136","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7101-1581","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Brianna Casey","family":"Lyons","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Overdose Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emily A G","family":"Faherty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Overdose Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joohyun","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Overdose Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joshua","family":"Walters","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ImageTrend LLC, Eagan, Minnesota, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7819-910X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shannon","family":"Casillas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0961-9793","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jean Y","family":"Ko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Overdose Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seung Hee","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Overdose Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026090310201495000_ip-2026-046301v1.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1073","DOI":"10.15585\/mmwr.mm7134a1","article-title":"Patient-level and county-level trends in nonfatal opioid-involved overdose emergency medical services encounters \u2014 491 counties, United States, January 2018\u2013March 2022","volume":"71","author":"Casillas","year":"2022","journal-title":"MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep"},{"key":"2026090310201495000_ip-2026-046301v1.2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"296","DOI":"10.1111\/add.16686","article-title":"Predictors of emergency medical transport refusal following opioid overdose in Washington, DC","volume":"120","author":"Turley","year":"2025","journal-title":"Addiction"},{"key":"2026090310201495000_ip-2026-046301v1.3","unstructured":"North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health . 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