More females are dying of toxic drugs in B.C. as latest numbers released

Illicit cause deaths are down somewhat successful British Columbia from the aforesaid play past year, but the coroners work says females are dying astatine a overmuch higher rate.

The work says successful a connection that 26 per cent of the 1,749 toxicity deaths truthful acold this twelvemonth were women oregon girls, and the complaint of decease among females is up 60 per cent from 4 years ago.

There were 187 overdose deaths successful B.C. successful August and 183 successful September.

The work says the nine-month full is an 8 per cent alteration from the aforesaid play past year, though it inactive represents astir six radical a time dying from unregulated drugs.

Just nether fractional of those who died were betwixt the ages of 30 and 49 years old.

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The potent opioid fentanyl remains the superior cause, and was detected successful 85 per cent of the cause deaths.