Overdose deaths in San Diego County last year dropped by 21% from the year prior, according to the annual report released Thursday by the San Diego County Substance Use and Overdose Prevention Taskforce.
The total deaths due to drug overdose dropped from 1,203 in 2023 to 945 in 2024 — that’s 25% lower than the region’s peak number in 2022.
The report shared other details from 2024, such as that men were three times more likely to die from overdose than women and that Black San Diegans experienced the highest rates of OD-related deaths, more than double the region’s average of 27.2 deaths per 100,000 people…