Poisoning

A report to the Community regarding the Marion County Public Health Department delivering on all of the ten essential services of public health. These services are: monitoring health, diagnosing and investigating health hazards, informing and educating about health issues, mobilizing partnerships, developing health policies, enforcing environmental laws, access to care, assuring a competent public health workforce, evaluating health services, and researching public health concerns.

This fact sheet describes opiod overdose and illustrates that Marion County: has higher or similar rates of overdose deaths than many other counties; had an increasing rate of opoid overdose deaths in recent years; and had a majority of overdose deaths involving opioids, DR3788.