Data and Statistics

Statistics of Interest

Medical Examiner

• Number of Deaths Reported Information (10/10/2025)
• Overdose/Drug Related Count - Fentanyl Related vs. Other Drugs (10/10/2025)
• Overdose/Drug Related Count by County per Death Year (10/10/2025)
• Suicide Count per Examination Year (10/10/2025)
• Overdoses/Drug Related by Death Year (starting in 2022) (10/10/2025)
• Homicides by Death Year (starting in 2022) (10/10/2025)
• Suicides by Death Year (starting in 2022) (10/10/2025)

Forensic Laboratories

• Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Xylazine, Benzodiazepines, Cocaine, and THC Positively Identified in Drug ID (10/10/2025)
• Fentanyl Detected in Toxicology Postmortem Overdose Cases (10/10/2025)
• Methamphetamine Detected in Toxicology Postmortem Overdose Cases (10/10/2025)

A core mission of the Regional Forensic Science Center is to collaborate with public health stakeholders to prevent deaths and improve the physical wellbeing of citizens throughout the region. In pursuit of this, our Medical Investigations and Drug Identification Laboratory are currently engaging in a project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to gather data from drugs and drug paraphernalia found at scenes of death. This data provides real-time information about lethal drugs distributed locally and is shared with the Sedgwick County Health Department, the CDC, and our community. The program is Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) and focuses on tracking the overdose crisis and integrating data with prevention strategies.

Our Drug Identification Laboratory commonly tests items that contain a mixture of more than one substance, which are known as polysubstances. This poses a greater threat to the user and adds to the complexity of testing. When a user combines multiple drugs, even intentionally, it creates unpredictable and more severe effects than a single substance alone.

• For example, mixing opioids with other depressants like alcohol or benzodiazepines drastically increases the risk of respiratory depression and fatal overdose.