percent high rate of opioid deaths in the community. the reason why this is so important is that is equivalent to eight to nine additional deaths for every hundred thousand people in the community and shows how any economic burden could have links to our overall health. it is really fascinating. so tell me more about the demographics of this trend. who is primarily impacted by this. reporter: well the study looking at manufacturing counties across the country but primarily distributed in the midwest and the south and so that is a regional demographic to keep in mind. when they looked at this link between plat closured and opioid deaths they saw the ling stronger among white men of working age. so that is about 18 to age 65. so that is interesting as well. but overall, ryan, we ve known about this link between the economy and your health and when it comes to opioid overdose deaths in particular, they re
spring of 2020 the number of opioid overdoses and deaths from that. bill: i m quoting you. the link between pandemic relief money and opioid overdose deaths is now evident and you believe this was a perfect storm of factors. explain. a lot of things going on. fear across the country. nobody knows where this thing is going or what will happen or even really in the spring of 2020 how to respond to it, right? so the social isolation, mental health coming from the stress and fear, combined with the large sum of money that just shows up in the mailbox was enough for some people to relapse and overdose. bill: here are some numbers from the state of ohio. we showed them nationally. synthetic opioids in september