The Northern Interior, the health service delivery area that includes Quesnel, continues to have the highest death rate in the province when it comes to unregulated drug deaths.
The BC Coroners Service says the death rate sits at 54.2 per 100,000 people.
The Thompson/Cariboo/Shuswap, which includes Williams Lake and 100 Mile House, had a death rate of 27.2 per 100,000 people through the month of August.
That was 8th out of the 16 health service delivery areas.
Across the province, the BC Coroners Service says unregulated drug toxicity claimed the lives of 113 people in July and 121 in August.
That brings the total up to 1,015 through the first 8 months of this year.
That is down from 1,235 at the same time last year.
69% of the victims so far this year are between the age of 30 and 59, and 76% are male.
