fentanyl

In 2021, more than 70,000 Americans died from a fentanyl overdose. The number was close to 58,000 in 2020.

Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for American adults.

With a population of about 10 million, L.A. County saw at least 1,571 fentanyl-related deaths in 2021, that we know of.

To compare, in the United Kingdom, which has a population of 69 million, only 58 people died from fentanyl poisoning in 2021.

L.A. County’s numbers for 2022 are still incomplete.

LA fentanyl deaths figures

Most fentanyl deaths are accidental overdoses. A few are suicides. There are also natural deaths that were hastened by the decedents’ previous use of fentanyl.

May 23, 2023

fentanyl

(L.A.) Alvaro Mendia, 43, Died in a Health Care Service

(L.A.) Marcelo Santos, 62, Died in a Hospital

(L.A.) Arthur Crout, 42, Died in a Hospital

(L.A.) Tanya Faulkner, 42, Died in a Hospital

(L.A.) Airren Kirk, 30, Died in a Hospital

(L.A.) Sonaal Joshi, 32, Died in a Hospital

(L.A.) Ronald Mackay, 70, Died in a Hospital

(L.A.) Gerald Lewis, 63, Died in a Hospital

(L.A.) Michael Pratt, 36, Died at a Residence

(L.A.) Martin Pacino, 45, Died from Drugs

(L.A.) Lance Cabanas, 42, Died on a Sidewalk

(L.A.) Veronica Atondo, 42, Died in a Hospital

(L.A.) Ryan Nelson, 30, Died in a Vehicle

(L.A.) Derrick Yates Jr., 31, Died in a Tent

(L.A.) Miguel Alvarez Hernandez, 42, Died on a Sidewalk

(L.A.) Theo Mann, 55, Committed Suicide

(L.A.) Steven Shealy, 57, Killed by Drugs

(L.A.) Coolio Died with Fentanyl, Heroin & Meth in His System 🧁

(L.A.) Jesse Salazar, 24, Died on a Sidewalk

(L.A.) Gregory Reaster, 29, Killed by Fentanyl

(L.A.) Everardo Quintanilla Campos, 51, Died in a Hospital

(L.A.) Jeannine Flores, 29, Died in a Hospital

(L.A.) Don Ross, 68, Died in a Hospital

(L.A.) Monserrat Lopez, 40, Died in a Hospital

(L.A.) Aden Anderson, 16, Killed by Fentanyl