The death rate surged 55% among people experiencing homelessness in L.A. County between 2019 and 2021, a markedly sharper increase than in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic.
A devastating surge in drug overdoses drove up deaths among unhoused people in Los Angeles County in recent years, along with thereleased Friday.
said Will Nicholas, director of the Center for Health Impact Evaluation at the L.A. County Department of Public Health.“It’s becoming more deadly or dangerous to be homeless,” Nicholas said. “The call to action is that getting people housed is more important than ever.” Methamphetamine, in turn, was involved in nearly 77% of the overdose deaths. That figure, which had risen in recent years, was slightly higher among unhoused women than unhoused men, possibly because some women use meth to try to stay awake and avoid sexual assault on the street, the county report noted.
Tsai said that the crisis has been particularly pronounced for unhoused people because of their higher rates of substance use disorder and mental health conditions, which increase the likelihood of drug use. The public health department calculated mortality rates per 100,000 people by comparing annual deaths among unhoused people to the total unhoused population in the county. To accurately compare mortality rates between different groups of homeless people, it adjusted for age differences in their populations.
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