OPIOID-RELATED OVERDOSE DEATH RATE BY ZIP CODE AND CITY, 2019-2021*

Higher opioid-related overdose deaths occurred in coastal and southern areas of Orange County with an exception of one ZIP Code in Fullerton and one in Santa Ana. (Map 2). The highest opioid-related overdose death rate was in San Juan Capistrano (82.9 per 100,000 persons), followed by Costa Mesa (73.8 per 100,000 persons), and Huntington Beach (72.1 per 100,000 persons) (Table 8).

Opioid-Related Overdose Death Rate by ZI P Code (2019-2021 )

Source: California Comprehensive Death File, 2019-2021

*Opioid-related deaths were aggregated over three years in this geographic analysis in order to lend more stability to rate calculations by zip code.