Connecticut Accidental Drug Intoxication Deaths
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Accidental Intoxication Deaths*
-Heroin, Morphine, and/or Codeine detected
-Heroin in any death
-Heroin + Fentanyl
-Heroin + Cocaine
-Morphine/Opioid/Codeine NOS
-Cocaine in any death
-Oxycodone in any death
-Methadone in any death
-Hydrocodone in any death
-Fentanyl in any death
-Fentanyl + Cocaine
-Fentanyl + Prescription Opioid
-Fentanyl + Heroin
-Fentanyl/Opioid Analogues**
-Any Opioid + Benzodiazepine
-Hydromorphone
-Amphetamine/Methamphetamine
-MDMA

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

357
195
174
1
50
21
105
71
33
15
14
2
4
1

495
286
258
9
69
28
147
75
48
19
37
16
7
9

568
349
327
37
73
22
126
107
51
15
75
14
14
37

41
1
7
0

60
0
5
0

140
12
11
2

729
446
417
110
107
29
177
95
71
20
189
42
23
110
13
221
17
20
1

917
541
508
279
153
33
274
110
84
20
483
143
72
279
70
232
22
19
1

1038
498
474
333
169
24
347
95
99
15
677
220
75
333
142
313
16
37
3

*Some deaths had combinations of drugs; pure ethanol intoxications are not included.
** These include Acetyl Fentanyl, Furanyl Fentanyl, Carfentanil (7 total), Fluorobutyryl Fentanyl, Butyryl Fentanyl, methoxyacetyl fentanyl, and U-47700 (17
total).
NOS, not otherwise specified
Updated 3/01/18