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Table 4 Cuyahoga County Overdoses 2013–2016

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

Year

Drug

Total Deaths

2013

Heroin

194

Fentanyl

5

Other opioids

101

2014

Heroin

198

Fentanyl

37

Other opioids

87

2015

Heroin

184

Fentanyl

92

Other opioids

80

2016

Heroin

320

Fentanyl

399

Other opioids

99

  1. Adapted from Medical Examiner’s Final Drug Deaths Report 2016 [31]
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