Allegheny overdose deaths down
By JEFF STITT
jstitt@yourmvi.com
Statistics released Tuesday show Allegheny County saw a 41% reduction in overdose deaths in 2018.
With just a handful of cases remaining to be cleared, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office reported the number of deaths from accidental overdoses during 2018 currently sits at 432.
The “significant” difference from the 2017 number of 737 represents the lowest figure from the past three years, according to Medical Examiner Dr. Karl Williams.
The data also showed how many overdose fatalities there were in Allegheny County-based Mon Valley communities in 2018. It is broken down by zip code.
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