maine drug death data 2013.pdf
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May 23, 2014
TO: Janet Mills
FR: Marci Sorg
CC: Margaret Greenwald
RE: Preliminary highlights regarding 2013 drug deaths
Figure 1. Number of deaths in which one or more drugs were listed on the death certificate as a cause of death or
significant contributing factor. The blue line is the total of all drug deaths in which at least one drug listed was a
pharmaceutical opioid product.
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Pharm Opioids 16 31 34 39 49 124 116 114 113 105 111 115 121 124 105 101 105
Total Drug Deaths 34 54 66 60 90 165 153 162 176 167 154 164 179 167 156 163 176
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Number of Drug-Induced Deaths and
Pharmaceutical Opioid-Induced Deaths in Maine
Figure 2. Number and percent of deaths due to heroin, either alone or in combination with other drugs and/or
alcohol.
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Percent 15 22 14 18 29 18 24 15 24 19 16 12 7 4 5 17 19
Number 5 12 9 11 26 29 36 24 43 32 25 20 13 7 9 28 34
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Number and Percent of Morphine-Heroin Induced Deaths, with Known
Pharmaceutical Morphine Deaths Removed
Figure 3. Number of deaths due to oxycodone or methadone, alone or in combination with each other or other drugs
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Methadone 4 6 11 23 20 66 54 75 71 68 59 56 47 50 42 32 37
Oxycodone 0 6 12 6 11 28 29 15 17 24 38 27 50 48 36 45 32
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Number of Deaths Caused by Oxycodone or Methadone,
Alone or in Combination with Other Drugs