New NC Statewide Overdose Surveillance Reports for December 2021

The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths and provisional data on ED visits for opioid-related overdose and unintentional med/drug with potential for abuse and overdose for December 2021. Note there continue to be known data quality issues for May and June 2021 ED visits that are impacting the shown trends, interpret the data for these months with caution.

Suspected Overdose Deaths

There were 366 suspected overdose deaths this December compared to 288 this time last year (December 2020).

Overdose Involving Medication or Drugs with Dependency Potential

There were 1,213 overdose ED visits this December involving medication or drugs with dependency potential compared to 1,229 this time last year (December 2020).

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