Prescribing rates for opioids are up to sevenfold higher in rural areas compared with urban ones in the United States, according to a new analysis of prescribing patterns by congressional district.
Heading the list was Alabama’s 4th district, where doctors wrote 166.69 opioid prescriptions per 100 persons. The largely rural area sprawls across the northern region of the state and is 88% white, compared with 73% white for the state as a whole.
At the bottom of the list were two congressional districts in Brooklyn, New York, where the prescribing rate …

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在美国某些地区，阿片类药物处方的患者人数超过

根据对国会区处方模式的新分析，在农村地区，阿片类药物的处方率比美国的城市高出七倍。
排在榜首的是阿拉巴马州的第四区，那里的医生每100人处方166.69片阿片类药物。农村大部分地区遍布该州北部地区，白人为88％，而整个州的白人为73％。
排在最后的是纽约布鲁克林的两个国会选区，处方率是……