Opioid drug overdoses fueled by fentanyl
In 2016 on Long Island at least 555 people died of opioid drug overdoses, with fentanyl being involved in at least 275 deaths. Here are details from the medical examiners in Nassau and Suffolk on overdose deaths where opioids were listed in the cause of death or mixed with other drugs that caused death. “Total opioid deaths” encompasses all deaths in which a single or multiple opioids, with or without other classes of drugs, is determined to have caused the death. Deaths may be represented in more than one drug’s row.
| NASSAU | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Opioid Deaths | 82 | 109 | 126 | 132 | 149 | 177 | 195 |
| Heroin | 23 | 32 | 38 | 44 | 53 | 66 | 53 |
| Oxycodone | 28 | 36 | 42 | 39 | 44 | 49 | 49 |
| Hydrocodone | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hydromorphone | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Codeine | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Morphine | 1 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 31 |
| Buprenorphine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Fentanyl | 7 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 67 |
| Acetylfentanyl | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 7 |
| Furanyl Fentanyl | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Methadone | 20 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 23 |
| Oxymorphone | — | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Opiate(s) | 10 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 17 | |
| U-47700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| SUFFOLK | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Total Opioid Deaths | 141 | 220 | 208 | 200 | 209 | 259 | 360 |
| Heroin | 37 | 65 | 85 | 104 | 118 | 163 | 144 |
| Fentanyl | 11 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 28 | 89 | 208 |
| Fentanyl and Heroin | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 45 | 74 |
| Oxycodone | 58 | 91 | 63 | 54 | 48 | 46 | 71 |
| Cocaine | 21 | 31 | 20 | 41 | 44 | 75 | 104 |
| Ethanol | 17 | 39 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 20 | 21 |
| Benzodiazepines | 42 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 59 | 40 | 88 |
There was one death in Suffolk in 2013 that is not yet classified, three in 2014, 11 in 2015 and 16 in 2016. Nassau figures, issued in January 2018, were as of Sept. 15, 2017.
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