funding to emergency responders that have the largest burden. The department reviewed several years of overdose data and noted increases from year to year. The most current full year of data was utilized to identify the burden among Florida counties. Overdose counts ranged from the highest in Palm Beach County at 5,789 to zero in Calhoun County. The department will use this data as part of the grant scoring criteria to identify the burden of Florida’s emergency responders. 2017 EMS Overdose Count by County 2017 Percent OD Count Per of Total County Count 10k Pop Burden Palm Beach 5789 42.19 12.6% Pinellas 5227 56.26 11.4% Orange 4815 39.3 10.5% Hillsborough 3611 27.96 7.9% Volusia 2508 50.08 5.5% Miami-Dade 2468 9.43 5.4% Broward 2364 12.86 5.1% Collier 2113 62.21 4.6% Manatee 1701 49.72 3.7% Lee 1616 24.44 3.5% Alachua 1505 59.38 3.3% Seminole 1182 27.11 2.6% Pasco 940 19.77 2.0% St. Lucie 822 28.66 1.8% Polk 716 11.49 1.6% Osceola 697 23.35 1.5% Clay 695 35.39 1.5% Citrus 568 40.78 1.2% Escambia 423 13.83 0.9% Brevard 409 7.43 0.9% Sumter 397 37.08 0.9% Martin 386 25.52 0.8% Leon 377 13.38 0.8% Monroe 330 43.22 0.7% St. Johns 293 13.98 0.6% Indian River 288 20.28 0.6% Flagler 278 27.81 0.6% Santa Rosa 257 15.95 0.6% Bay 250 14.29 0.5% Hernando 248 14.22 0.5% Okaloosa 233 12.02 0.5% Walton 215 35.95 0.5%
funding to emergency responders that have the largest burden. The department reviewed several years of overdose data and noted increases from year to year. The most current full year of data was utilized to identify the burden among Florida counties. Overdose counts ranged from the highest in Palm Beach County at 5,789 to zero in Calhoun County. The department will use this data as part of the grant scoring criteria to identify the burden of Florida’s emergency responders. 2017 EMS Overdose Count by County County 2017 OD Count Count Per 10k Pop Percent of Total Burden Palm Beach 5789 42.19 12.6% Pinellas 5227 56.26 11.4% Orange 4815 39.3 10.5% Hillsborough 3611 27.96 7.9% Volusia 2508 50.08 5.5% Miami-Dade 2468 9.43 5.4% Broward 2364 12.86 5.1% Collier 2113 62.21 4.6% Manatee 1701 49.72 3.7% Lee 1616 24.44 3.5% Alachua 1505 59.38 3.3% Seminole 1182 27.11 2.6% Pasco 940 19.77 2.0% St. Lucie 822 28.66 1.8% Polk 716 11.49 1.6% Osceola 697 23.35 1.5% Clay 695 35.39 1.5% Citrus 568 40.78 1.2% Escambia 423 13.83 0.9% Brevard 409 7.43 0.9% Sumter 397 37.08 0.9% Martin 386 25.52 0.8% Leon 377 13.38 0.8% Monroe 330 43.22 0.7% St. Johns 293 13.98 0.6% Indian River 288 20.28 0.6% Flagler 278 27.81 0.6% Santa Rosa 257 15.95 0.6% Bay 250 14.29 0.5% Hernando 248 14.22 0.5% Okaloosa 233 12.02 0.5% Walton 215 35.95 0.5%
heros-program-overview.docx