Southeaster Florida NDEWS Update Jim Hall [email protected]1 Southeastern Florida: Emerging Drug Trends Opiates and Methamphetamine James N. Hall, Epidemiologist Nova Southeastern University Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities 208 271 250 230 150 109 78 93 119 95 48 57 108 199 447 686 93 149 132 108 79 56 41 40 61 44 35 30 48 71 139 291 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Number of Heroin Deaths in Florida and Southeastern Florida: 2000 to 2015 Florida SE Florida Number of Heroin Deaths SOURCE: Florida Medical Examiners Commission Reports 2000-2015 2015 Florida Heroin Cases 93 % Cause of Death 95 % w/Other Drugs 2015 SE Florida Deaths 42 % of State Total with 30 % of population
Number of Hospital Cases forHeroin Overdose Poisonings in Florida: 2014
Hospital Heroin Poisonings
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Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
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Opiate Overdoses In Southeastern Florida: 2015Total 3,779 Overdoses Including 1,257 Deaths
