Overdose
Mortality ("Poisonings')
Poisonings
are almost entirely from overdoses of illicit drugs, usually from heroin
(often in combination with alcohol and other drugs). Poisonings is the
sixth leading cause of premature
mortality in San Francisco.
Although mortality
from poisonings is approximately 100% attributable to illicit drugs,
poisonings may not necessarily be the main means by which illicit drugs
contribute to mortality. Some proportion of violence and HIV infection
are attributable to illicit drugs, and these proportions vary by demographic
group.
The burden of premature
mortality from drug overdoses ("poisonings") is not distributed
equally among the various neighborhoods in San Francisco. These are
the neighborhoods in which poisonings ranks among the top ten causes
of premature death (see Health Outcomes)
and the percentage of Years of Lost Life (YLL) from the ten causes in
each neighborhood (note that this is preliminary information...need
to determine variability among zips in how their top ten causes contribute
to their total YLL):
| Neighborhood |
Zip
Code |
Percentage
of drug overdose mortality among the ten leading causes of death
in that Zip (% of YLL) |
| City
as a whole |
All
Zips |
7.5 %
|
| Hayes
Valley/Tenderloin/North of Market |
94102 |
15 %
|
| South
of Market |
94103 |
10 %
|
| Potrero
Hill |
94107 |
7 %
|
| Polk/Russian
Hill (Nob Hill) |
94109 |
10 %
|
| Inner
Mission/Bernal Heights |
94110 |
7 %
|
| Ingelside-Excelsior/Crocker-Amazon |
94112 |
6 %
|
| Castro/Noe
Valley |
94114 |
6 %
|
| Western
Addition/Japantown |
94115 |
6 %
|
| Parkside/Forest
Hill |
94116 |
3 %
|
| Haight-Ashbury |
94117 |
7 %
|
| Sunset |
94122 |
4 %
|
| Bayview-Hunters
Point |
94124 |
5 %
|
| St.
Francis Wood/Miraloma/West Portal |
94127 |
6 %
|
| Visitacion
Valley/Sunnydale |
94134 |
7 %
|
