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. 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 330 suspected overdose deaths in December 2022 compared to 366 in December 2021.

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Fentanyl-Positive Deaths

There were 298 fentanyl-positive deaths this past September compared to 258 this time last year (September 2021).

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Overdose Involving Medication or Drugs with Dependency Potential

There were 1,388 overdose ED visits in December 2022 compared to 1,457 in December 2021.

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