Table 1.
Number of annual fentanyl-involved deaths by jurisdiction.
| Jurisdiction | Most recent data | 2019 Population | 2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 (Projected) |
Annual change |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Rate/100,000 pop | n | Rate/100,000 pop. | n | Rate/100,000 pop. | n | Rate/100,000 pop. | 2017−18 | 2018−19 | 2019−20 (Projected) | |||
| Arizona (statewide) | Jun. 2020 | 7,278,717 | 239 | 3.4 (3.0, 6.4) | 648 | 9.0 (8.3, 17.4) | 1192 | 16.4 (15.4, 31.8) | 1798 | 24.7 (26.3, 48.3) | 171 % | 84 % | 34 % |
| California (statewide) | Dec. 2019 | 39,512,223 | 431 | 1.1 (1.0, 2.1) | 786 | 2.0 (1.8, 3.8) | 1513 | 3.8 (3.6, 7.5) | -- | -- | 82 % | 92 % | -- |
| Los Angeles County, CA | Apr. 2020 | 10,039,107 | 117 | 1.2 (0.9, 2.1) | 201 | 2.0 (1.7, 3.7) | 390 | 3.9 (3.5, 7.4) | 783 | 7.8 (7.3, 15.1) | 72 % | 94 % | 101 % |
| Denver County, CO | Mar. 2020 | 727,211 | 18 | 1.4* | 17 | 2.4* (1.2, 3.6) | 53 | 7.3 (5.3, 12.6) | 45 | 6.2 (4.4, 10.6) | −6% | 212 % | −15% |
| King County, WA | Jun. 2020 | 2,252,782 | 33 | 1.5 (1.0, 2.4) | 66 | 2.9 (2.2, 5.2) | 112 | 6.0 (4.1, 9.0) | 174 | 7.7 (6.6, 14.3) | 100 % | 70 % | 55 % |
| Harris County, TX | Apr.2020 | 4,713,325 | 59 | 1.3 (0.9, 2.2) | 97 | 2.1 (1.7, 3.7) | 102 | 2.2 (1.7, 3.9) | 153 | 3.2 (2.7, 5.9) | 64 % | 5% | 50 % |
| Dallas/Fort-Worth, TX | Jun. 2020 | 3,308,417 | 19 | 0.6* | 10 | 0.3* | 16 | 0.5* | 80 | 2.4 (1.9, 4.3) | −47% | 60 % | 400 % |
| Pooled (excluding Los Angeles) | -- | 57,792,675 | 799 | 1.4 (1.3, 2.7) | 1624 | 2.8 (2.8, 5.6) | 2988 | 5.2 (5.2, 10.3) | -- | -- | 103 % | 84 % | -- |
| Pooled (excluding California) | -- | 28,319,559 | 485 | 1.7 (1.6., 3.3) | 1039 | 3.7 (3.7, 7.3) | 1865 | 6.6 (6.6., 13.2) | 3033 | 10.7 (10.7, 21.4) | 114 % | 79 % | 63 % |
*
Rate is calculated based on fewer than 20 cases and is thus unreliable. Projected rates for 2020 and projected change since 2019 are calculated by annualizing available data - i.e., if a jurisdiction had data through March 2020, then the to-date rate is four times the first quarter deaths divided by latest available population estimate at time of writing (July 2019).