Data: Most drug overdoses in Denver not of homelessness

Recent data shows the majority of people who died from a drug overdose this year in Denver were not experiencing homelessness.

KUSA-TV reports the data from the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment’s Office of the Medical Examiner shows that 73 percent of people who died from a drug overdose were in a private residence, and 21 percent of overdoses occurred in hospitals.

The data shows fewer than 10 percent occurred outdoors.

The data analyzes drug-related deaths through Oct. 31, 2018.

The data also shows that overdose deaths, on average, have decreased in Denver over the last decade. However, the combination of methamphetamine- and heroin-involved deaths have increased.