DRUG AND ALCOHOL OVERDOSES - 2002 TO 2015 2015 OVERDOSE DEATHS - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Westmoreland County Office of the Coroner Kenneth A. Bacha, B.S., D-ABMDI Coroner

DRUG AND ALCOHOL OVERDOSES - 2002 TO 2015 2015 OVERDOSE DEATHS CONFIRMED: 117 AS OF: JANUARY 26, 2016 NUMBER OF DEATHS 140 117 120 100 87 86 78 80 64 57 56 55 60 50 50 47 35 40 33 22 20 8 0 YEAR  “2015 Pending” are additional suspected overdose deaths awaiting to be confirmed by toxicology, autopsy, and further investig ation.

DRUG AND ALCOHOL OVERDOSES COMPARISON TO OTHER TYPES OF DEATHS – 2015 2015 PROJECTED ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSES: 125 140 NUMBER OF DEATHS 125 120 100 94 80 60 40 20 0 2015 Projected Accidental Overdoses 2015 Homicides, Traffic Fatalities, Fires, and Suicides

DRUG AND ALCOHOL OVERDOSES BY AGE AND GENDER - 2015 2015 OVERDOSE DEATHS CONFIRMED: 117 Male Female 30 NUMBER OF DEATHS 25 20 20 18 17 17 15 12 11 10 10 6 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 < 15 16-20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 > AGE

DRUG AND ALCOHOL OVERDOSES BY SUBSTANCE - 2015 2015 OVERDOSE DEATHS CONFIRMED: 117 NUMBER OF DEATHS 80 70 70 60 50 50 44 39 39 40 30 19 18 20 14 12 11 10 7 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 0 PLEASE NOTE: As of January 25, 2016, in (105) of the (117) drug overdose deaths investigated by the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office, the cause of death was the result of a combination of multiple drugs found in the decedent’s toxicology, referred to as “Acute Combined Drug Tox ici ty”. The above chart indicates that the drug listed was contributory in the death, either alone, or in combination with another drug(s). For example, marijuana was present in (14) of the (117) overdose deaths. However, no deaths were the result of marijuana alone, but were due to the combination with other substances across the chart.

Information Sharing * Local Police * County Detectives * Attorney General * County Chiefs of Police Assoc. * PSP Vice Unit * PA Counterdrug Task Force * PaCIC * Western PA Fusion Center * Overdose Free PA (Pitt) * Westmoreland County DOTF * DDAP – Drug Death Reports * FBI * DEA – 360 Strategy & Investigation Plan for Narcotic OD’s * Heroin OD December 15, 2015 (cell phone & stamp bags) * 3,000 bricks and $200,000

Westmoreland County Office of the Coroner Kenneth A. Bacha, B.S., D-ABMDI Coroner kbacha@co.westmoreland.pa.us www.co.westmoreland.pa.us/coroner