Red Deer still with highest rate of opioid-related deaths in Alberta
Red Deer continues to lead the province in opioid-related deaths, according to the latest numbers from Alberta Health.
There were 31 fentanyl-related deaths in our city from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, 2018, compared with 23 over the same period in 2017.
At 38.5 per 100,000 person years, Red Deer continues is seeing the highest rate of apparent accidental drug poisoning deaths related to fentanyl in Alberta.
By comparison, Lethbridge saw a rate of 29.4 through the first nine months of last year, Grande Prairie 28.8, Calgary 21.7 and Edmonton 17.4.