TABLE 2—
Source of Identification of Heroin-Related Records: Maryland, 2012–2015
Source of Identification of Record | No. of Deaths |
Overall total | 2182 |
Standard surveillancea | |
Total standard surveillance | 1130 |
Enhanced surveillance | |
Total enhanced surveillance | 1052b |
Toxicology findings | |
Presence of 6-monoacetylmorphine | 136 |
Presence of both morphine and quinine | 892 |
Presence of morphine or free morphine and supporting evidence from scene investigation | 998 |
Morphine listed as a cause of death on death certificate and supporting evidence from scene investigation | 1042 |
Heroin listed as cause of death on death certificate.
Counts of subcategories do not sum to the total because some deaths were identified through more than one source.