Northern Health continues to have the highest death rate in the province when it comes to unregulated drugs.
The BC Coroners Service says there were 14 suspected overdoses in Northern Health in January.
That equates to a death rate of 57.6 people per 100,000.
Interior Health had 29 deaths and a death rate of 40.4, which is the second worst out of the 6 health authorities.
Taking a closer look at the Cariboo…the Northern Interior Health Service Delivery Area, which includes Quesnel, had 8 deaths in January and a death rate of 65 per 100,000 people.
That is the third highest out of 16.
The Thompson-Cariboo-Shuswap, which includes Williams Lake and 100 Mile House, had one of the lowest death rates in the province at just 19.2 deaths per 100,000.
There were 150 unregulated drug deaths in B.C. in January.
That represents roughly 4.8 people per day.
80% of those that died were male.
