Document Type
Report
Publication Date
12-4-2024
Publisher location
Orono, ME
Abstract/ Summary
This report documents suspected and confirmed fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses in Maine during September 2024 as well as for the period January 2023–September 2024. The total number of confirmed and suspected fatal overdoses January–September 2024 is 372, 18.8% lower than the total confirmed fatal overdoses for the same period in 2023, 458. The total number of nonfatal overdoses January–September 2024 is 6,324, 12.8% lower than the total reported nonfatal overdoses for the same period in 2023, 7,252. During September 2024, the proportion of fatal overdoses averaged 5.1 of total overdoses. Monthly proportions of 2024 fatalities fluctuated from a low of 4.8% in May to a high of 7.2% in March. During the first nine months of 2024, fatal overdoses constituted 5.6% of all overdoses, lower than January–September 2023 (5.9%).
Repository Citation
Sorg, Marcella H. and Soucier, Daniel S., "Maine Monthly Overdose Report for September 2024" (2024). Health & Public Safety. 74.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mcspc_healthsafety/74
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