Last year, more people in San Francisco died of overdoses than of Covid-19

Re:Last year, more people in San Francisco died of overdoses... by jmcgough on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @02:56AM (#27205444)

The cases per capita in SF were about 1/10 those in LA at its peak, so the pandemic in california was really focused in socal.

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Re:Last year, more people in San Francisco died of overdoses... by refurb on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @07:39PM (#27215795)

But you’re comparing a city of 800k to a city of 10M.

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Re:Last year, more people in San Francisco died of overdoses... by StavrosK on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @02:58AM (#27205462)

Oh aha, thanks for that stat, I didn't know.

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Re:Last year, more people in San Francisco died of overdoses... by khawkins on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @03:13AM (#27205543)

I had the same suspicion and did the math based on the numbers below.

40,273 cases/1M pop (better than 49 states)

597 deaths/1M pop (better than 48 states)

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