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Originally Posted by GenWhy?
Thanks, was going to add that on the radio this morning it's so sad that the health authorities have to remind the general public that an overdose death isn't equaling "someone on the street" or in the DTES.
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Very true. And mostly not in Vancouver, or in the DTES either.
The coroner's report on deaths from illicit drugs notes "By Health Authority (HA), in 2021, the highest number of illicit drug toxicity deaths were in Fraser and Vancouver Coastal Health Authorities (602 and 494 deaths, respectively), making up 62% of all such deaths during this period." So more people died in Fraser Health (Burnaby to the Fraser Canyon), than in Coastal (a small part of which is the DTES).
"By Local Health Area (LHA), in 2021, the highest rates (of death) were in Upper Skeena, Lillooet, Merritt, North Thompson, and Enderby."
"In 2021, 83% of illicit drug toxicity deaths occurred inside (55% in private residences and 28% in other residences including social and supportive housing, SROs, shelters, and hotels and other indoor locations) and 15% occurred outside in vehicles, sidewalks, streets, parks, etc."
"No deaths have been reported at supervised consumption or drug overdose prevention sites."
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