opioid-related-overdose-deaths-among-ma-residents-august-2016.pdf
▻http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/quality/drugcontrol/county-level-pmp/opioid-related-overdose-deaths-among-ma-residents-august-2016.pdf
This report contains both confirmed and estimated data through June 2016. The number of confirmed cases of
unintentional opioid overdose deaths for
2015 (n=1531) represents an 18% increase over 2014 (n=1294),
and the 2014 number (n=1294)represents a 41% increase over
cases for 2013 (n=918). In order to obtain timelier estimates of the
total number of opioid overdose deaths in Massachusetts confirmed and probable.
DPH used predictive modeling techniques for all cases not yet
finalized by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). Based
on the data available as of 06/30/2016, DPH estimates that there
will be an additional 47 to 67 deaths in 2014 and 107to 150 deaths
in 2015, once these cases are finalized. For the first 6 months of
2016, the number of confirmed cases of unintentional opioid
overdose deaths was 488, with an estimated additional 431 to 509
deaths.
Current estimates for the first 6 months of 2016 are higher than the first 6 months of 2015.
