Homeless people are 41 times more likely to die from an OD, 18 times more likely to die from traffic-related injuries.
Silahi Lorthridge burns weed outside his tent in Skid Row on Friday morning, Feb. 16, 2024. Following two years of substantial spikes, the number of homeless people dying in Los Angeles County started to level off between 2021 and 2022 – but the difference in mortality rates between homeless individuals and the county’s general population still widened, according to a new report from the county’s Department of Public Health.
Between 2021 and 2022, the overall mortality rate increased 2% – from 3,215 per 100,000 people to 3,282 per 100,000 people. “The continued gaps in health outcomes across the board for those housed and unhoused reminds us that people experiencing homelessness in our county lack the very basic resources and conditions that are essential for health and well-being,” Ferrer said.According to the report, in 2021 and 2022 combined, homeless people were nearly four times more likely to die than L.A. County’s overall population.
Officials also noted that deaths caused by COVID-19 peaked in 2021, when it was the fifth leading cause of death among homeless people. But in 2022, the COVID-19 mortality rate dropped significantly and was no longer among the top 10 causes of death for unhoused people.In addition to continuing to increase access to naloxone, the county’s public health department laid out a set of recommendations to further reduce deaths among homeless people.
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