Officials say deaths of homeless people skyrocketed to a record number in 2022, and half of those involved fentanyl overdoses.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Of those, more than half involved fentanyl overdoses.<\/p>\n
Another 18 homeless people died by homicide in the Seattle area, a figure twice as high as that from 2021.<\/p>\n
10 homeless people died from exposure of hyperthermia in 2022, while suicide claimed the lives of seven homeless people.<\/p>\n
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