Hamilton Opioid Information System - Opioid Overdoses

Since January 2020, Hamilton Paramedic Services responded to 60 incidents related to suspected opioid overdoses.

Since January 2017, the majority of cases (73%) were male, and the average age was 36 years.
In 2019, approximately 596 people called 911 for a suspected opioid overdose, which was about 50 per month and 1.3 times higher than 2018.
In 2018, approximately 450 people called 911 for a suspected opioid overdose, which was about 38 per month.

Monthly paramedic incidents

This figure shows the monthly number of paramedic incidents related to suspected opioid overdose in Hamilton since January 10, 2017.

Source: Hamilton Paramedic Services, extracted February 24, 2020.

Note: This map shows the concentration of opioid-related paramedic incidents between January 1, 2017 to January 13, 2020.

Ward	2017	2018	2019	Total Count	Percent
1	16	19	24	59	4.1%
2	156	170	203	529	36.9%
3	103	100	188	391	27.2%
4	39	38	56	133	9.3%
5	25	23	23	71	4.9%
6	9	8	12	29	2.0%
7	14	13	16	43	3.0%
8	18	16	10	44	3.1%
9	10	12	16	38	2.6%
10	5	8	11	24	1.7%
11	3	9	3	15	1.0%
12	2	4	1	7	0.5%
13	11	5	7	23	1.6%
14	1	4	10	15	1.0%
15	3	7	4	14	1.0%

Note: From 2017 to 2019, of the 1472 Paramedic calls related to opioids, 37 cases were unable to be assigned a ward.