SAN DIEGO According to a recent report released on June by the Groupo de Trabajo para laPrevenci n del Consumo de Sustancias y las Sobredosis del Condado de San Diego, the number of drug-related deaths in the city decreased significantly in 2024.
The data shows a 21% decrease in deaths from sobredosis when compared to the previous year. Additionally, it was revealed that 945 people died from aorticosis in 2023, compared to 1,203 deaths in 2023. This number is also 25% lower than the most recorded in the state, which was 1,271 deaths in 2022.
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The 2024 report states that men are three times more likely than women to die from sobredosis, and that black residents of San Diego experienced the highest rates of deaths associated with sobredosis, more than twice the region’s average of 27.2 deaths per 100,000.
The age group most affected was 45 to 64 years old, followed by 25 to 44 years old. People without homes accounted for around 30% of the deaths reported in the report.
The racial disparities were also seen in the visits to emergency rooms. Between 2019 and 2023, non-Hispanic Afro-American residents experienced a 167% increase in opioid-related visits, nearly tripling the state’s overall growth of 58%. During these visits, men outnumbered women by a margin of 2-1.
Those under the age of 18 also had an 81% increase in opioid-related emergency room visits between 2019 and 2023, however the number has decreased from its peak in 2021.
According to the labor group’s report, federal charges related to metanfetamina and fentanilo have decreased, but at the municipal level, metanfetamina-related accusations continue to be more numerous than fentanilo-related ones. The legal procedures pertaining to fentanilo are repeated in 2022 and 2024.
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The areas with the highest rates of deaths from sobredosis were Pauma, Mountain Empire, Palomar-Julian, Lemon Grove, and the center of San Diego.
