Officials say deaths of homeless people skyrocketed to a record number in 2022, and half of those involved fentanyl overdoses.
310 homeless people died in the Seattle area according to a count from the King County Medical Examiner’s Office reported by the Seattle Times.
That’s 65% greater than the number of homeless Seattle deaths in 2021 and far greater than the previous record of 195 homeless Seattle deaths set in 2018.
Of those, more than half involved fentanyl overdoses.
Another 18 homeless people died by homicide in the Seattle area, a figure twice as high as that from 2021.
10 homeless people died from exposure of hyperthermia in 2022, while suicide claimed the lives of seven homeless people.
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