Blue-Thunder t1_j4xlr97 wrote on January 18, 2023 at 11:37 PM

This is pretty tame when you look at current deaths. I know my region in Nothern Ontario averages a fatal overdose every 3 days, then you have places like Vancouver where it's much worse. The entire province of BC as of 2017 was over 20 deaths per 100k population.

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/national-report-apparent-opioid-related-deaths-released-march-2018.html

MarcusP2 t1_j4yau5t wrote on January 19, 2023 at 2:36 AM

You add the 3 together and it's around 20. Nationwide. High use areas it would be much higher than that.

Blue-Thunder t1_j4yg1tr wrote on January 19, 2023 at 3:15 AM

My region is at almost 80 deaths per 100k.

Thunder Bay district's overdose rate was 78.8 per 100,000 people in 2021. That's four times the provincial rate of 19.2 per 100,000 people and the highest per capita in Ontario