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Mohave County Medical Examiner reports 2024 case increases and substance‑related accidental deaths
Summary
John Haslett of the Mohave County Medical Examiner summarized 2024 activity including 2,519 death notifications, 1,159 medical examiner investigations and increases in accidental deaths and hospice notifications; methamphetamine and fentanyl were cited among overdose contributors.
John Haslett, director of contracted services for the Mohave County Medical Examiner's Office, presented the office’s 2024 statistics to the Mohave County Board of Health, summarizing notifications, investigations and trends.
Haslett said total death notifications in 2024 were 2,519, of which 54 percent (1,360) were hospice notifications. The office performed 1,159 medical‑examiner investigations. By manner of death he reported: accidents (255), suicides (83),…
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