Northwest B.C. sees one unregulated drug death for May

May unregulated drug deaths in northwest B.C. are down compared to a month prior and a year prior.

According to the B.C. Coroners Service, one person died that month, equating to a death rate per 100,000 people of 1.3.

The region’s total number of deaths as of the end of May is 11.

Northern Health recorded a total of 10 deaths through May with the northwest being the lowest in the health authority.

So far this year, 55 people have died in Northern Health with the highest death rate per 100,000 people provincially at 43.8.

Provincially, 630 deaths have been recorded.

The B.C. Coroners Service data can be found here.