New Stats: Opioid Deaths in Needham Increase

Originally published on May 8, 2016

NEEDHAM, MA - The state's Department of Public Health has released new data on deaths caused by opioid overdoses.

During 2015, Needham had one confirmed death caused by an opioid overdose. It was the first in the four years of data released.

In Norfolk County, deaths have increased from 124 in 2014 to 144 last year. Since 2000, there have been an estimated 976 deaths from opioids.

Middlesex County has seen the most deaths on a county level with 293 last year and 1,966 since 2000.

The data doesn't include the amount of Narcan used or the number of overdoses reversed through using the life-saving medicine.

Click here for the full report from the Mass.