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Report

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Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center

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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 May 2024 as well as for the period January 2023–May 2024. The total number of confirmed and suspected fatal overdoses January–May 2024 is 231, 9.8% lower than the total confirmed fatal overdoses for the same period in 2023, 256. The total number of nonfatal overdoses January–May 2024 is 3,486, 11.8% lower than the total confirmed nonfatal overdoses for the same period in 2023, 3,951. During May 2024, the proportion of fatal overdoses averaged 5.1% of total overdoses. Monthly proportions of 2024 fatalities fluctuated from a low of 5.1% in May to a high of 7.3% in March. During the first five months of 2024, fatal overdoses constituted 6.2% of all overdoses, slightly higher than the 6.1% for the same time period in 2023.

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