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Expanded Maine Drug Death Report, 2018, Marcella H. Sorg

Health & Public Safety

This report, funded by the Maine Office of Attorney General, provides a summary of statistics regarding drug fatalities in Maine during 2018. Data for the report were collected at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner. A drug death is identified when one or more drugs are mentioned on the death certificate as a cause or significant contributing factor for the death. There has been a reduction in 2018 drug deaths compared to 2017, 15% fewer drug deaths overall, with a reduction in both non-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical opioid deaths. There were 354 total drug deaths statewide, down from 417 in 2017, …