The Health Service Delivery Area that includes Quesnel continues to be the worst in the province when it comes to suspected unregulated drug deaths.
The BC Coroners Service’s latest report shows that the death rate through September of this year was at 57 per 100,000 people.
The next highest is the Central Vancouver Island region at 48.4.
The Thompson-Cariboo-Shuswap, which includes Williams Lake and 100 Mile House, had a death rate of 29.4 per 100,000 people.
That is 8th out of the 16 health service delivery areas.
There were 133 suspected overdoses in B.C. in September, which equates to 4.4 people per day.
70% were between the age of 30 and 59, and 76% were male.
