Hamilton Opioid Information System - Opioid Overdoses

Since January 2020, Hamilton Paramedic Services responded to 425 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 October 14, 2020.

Note: This map shows the concentration of opioid-related paramedic incidents between January 1, 2017 to June 16, 2020.

Ward	2017	2018	2019	2020	Total Count	Percent
1	16	19	24	7	66	3.85%
2	156	170	203	107	639	37.37%
3	103	100	188	63	454	26.55%
4	39	38	56	17	150	8.77%
5	25	23	23	7	78	4.56%
6	9	8	12	3	32	1.87%
7	14	13	16	7	50	2.92%
8	18	16	10	9	53	3.10%
9	10	12	16	2	40	2.34%
10	5	8	11	5	29	1.70%
11	3	9	3	2	17	0.99%
12	2	4	1	1	8	0.47%
13	11	5	7	2	22	1.29%
14	1	4	10	2	17	0.99%
15	3	7	4	2	16	0.94%
n/a					39	2.28%

Note: From 2017 to June 2020, of the 1710 Paramedic calls related to opioids, 39 cases were unable to be assigned a ward.