Deaths fall for White residents, increase for Black residents A total of 2,265 overdose deaths of Ohio residents have been confirmed and reported so far in 2023, according to data in the Ohio Department of Health mortality data. That’s almost exactly the same...
The racial composition of opioid overdose death in Ohio has changed completely in just a few years. This chart shows Ohio opioid overdose death, by race, reported from January 1, 2007 through July 26, 2023. Please spend a moment with these numbers. Thanks. For...
White overdose deaths fall in 2022 Black overdose deaths rise…again White overdose deaths fell 8.7% to 3,763 in 2022, estimates Harm Reduction Ohio based on an analysis of preliminary state mortality data. Black overdose deaths increased 6.3% to 1,035 in 2022....
Deaths fell most in early 2022… …then increased late in year Overdose deaths declined about 5% in 2022 vs. 2021, according to a Harm Reduction Ohio analysis of preliminary Ohio Department of Health mortality data. The final overdose death count for 2022...
Deaths of cocaine and meth users increasingly drive overdose death Heroin and fentanyl-only deaths decline The Ohio Department of Health mortality data report 4,353 confirmed overdose deaths reported so far for 2022. That’s a 5.6% decline from what was reported...
Overdose deaths declined in early 2022 before rising in summer Deaths could fall below 5,000 for first time since 2019 Today, Harm Reduction Ohio issued its first projection of expected overdose deaths in Ohio in 2022. The estimate is based on the pace of...
