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Table 1 Cause of Death by Month and Year

From: Take -home naloxone rescue kits following heroin overdose in the emergency department to prevent opioid overdose related repeat emergency department visits, hospitalization and death- a pilot study

Month of Death

Year of Death

Cause of Death Listed in Medical Examiner’s report

January

2015

Heroin, cocaine

April

2015

Heroin, fentanyl

June

2015

Oxycodone

March

2016

Fentanyl, heroin

June

2016

Heroin, fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, cocaine and diphenhydramine

August

2016

Heroin, furanyl fentanyl, alprazolam, and diphenhydramine

September

2016

Heroin, fentanyl