Hamilton Opioid Information System - Opioid Overdoses

In June 2019, Hamilton Paramedic Services has responded to 19 incidents related to suspected opioid overdoses.

Since January 2017, the majority of cases (73%) were male, and the average age was 36 years.
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 June 10, 2019.

Note: This map shows the concentration of opioid-related paramedic incidents between January 1, 2017 to June 9, 2019.

Ward	2017	2018	2019	Total Count	Percent
1	16	19	15	50	4%
2	152	168	129	449	35.6%
3	103	100	120	323	25.6%
4	39	38	37	114	9%
5	25	23	16	64	5.1%
6	9	8	6	23	1.8%
7	14	13	7	34	2.7%
8	18	16	9	43	3.4%
9	14	14	17	45	3.6%
10	5	8	7	20	1.6%
11	3	9	3	15	1.2%
12	2	4	0	6	0.5%
13	11	5	3	19	1.5%
14	1	4	7	12	1%
15	3	7	1	11	.9%

Note: Of 1263 Paramedic Calls Related to Opioids in this time period, 35 cases were unable to be assigned a Ward.