The Multnomah County’s Medical Examiner’s Office provides all death investigation findings to the Multnomah County Medical Examiner and the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office. This is important to determine the cause, circumstances and manner of sudden, unexpected, violent or suspicious deaths that occur in Multnomah County. The data also provide vital information to the public on death trends to understand causes of death, monitor evolving health challenges, and — ultimately — save lives.
Multnomah County Overdose Data
This map shows suspected and confirmed fatal overdose deaths from fentanyl by geographic area and time. Darker colors show higher counts of fatal fentanyl overdose. You can see the specific number for an area by hovering over it with your computer mouse.
As part of the 90-Day Fentanyl Emergency, the Health Department released a series of fentanyl dashboards. The data contains information from:
- Multnomah County Medical Examiner's Office
- Fentanyl-related visits to emergency departments and urgent cares
- City of Portland’s Bureau of Emergency Communications
- American Medical Response (AMR) ambulance responses
- Portland Fire & Rescue responses
The data gives us useful information about overdose trends. The data in the dashboard should not be added together. Each dashboard is a different set of data and some of the information overlaps.
Oregon Health Authority Death Data
Preliminary and final death data for the State of Oregon and each county that can be used for tracking recent health events. It provides insight into statewide and county-level mortality trends.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Death Data
CDC WONDER - Provides access to a wide array of public health data, including death statistics.
CDC WISQARS™ - Fatal, nonfatal and cost of injury data.