Bartholomew County overdose deaths on pace for lowest total since 2018
Drug overdose deaths in Bartholomew County on pace to decline for the second consecutive year as the county heads into the final month of 2024.
As of Wednesday, there had been a total of 19 overdose deaths in Bartholomew County this year, according to the Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office. By comparison, there had been 23 overdose deaths at the same point in 2023.
That puts the county on pace for roughly 21 overdose deaths this year, which would be the lowest annual tally since 2018, when there were 17 deaths, and down from 39 year in 2022, the highest annual total on record. It would also be the first time on record that overdose deaths declined for two consecutive years, according to data going back to 2015.
