The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths, fentanyl-positive deaths, and provisional data on ED visits for overdose. Data quality issues for the ED visits for Overdose Involving Medications or Drugs with Dependency Potential report have been resolved this month.

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 350 suspected overdose deaths this November compared to 317 this time last year (November 2021).

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Fentanyl-Positive Deaths

There were 187 fentanyl-positive deaths this September compared to 258 this time last year (September 2021).

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Overdose Involving Medication or Drugs with Dependency Potential

There were 1,311 overdose ED visits this November involving medication or drugs with dependency potential compared to 1,362 this time last year (November 2021).

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