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Medical examiner reported large percentage increases in suicides and overdoses; committee to request figures
Summary
A committee member said the medical examiner reported an 80% rise in suicides and a 65% increase in drug overdoses in Dunn County from 2023 to 2024; the medical examiner was at a conference and the committee said it will request the specific counts by email for verification.
A committee member reported that Marcy, the county medical examiner (absent from the meeting), told staff there was "an 80 percent rise in suicides from 20 23 to 20 24 in Dunn County and a 65 percent increase in drug overdoses." The committee member said those percentage increases were "pretty jarring" and suggested staff email the medical examiner to obtain the specific counts.
Marcy was attending a conference and her written report was not available at the meeting, the committee member said. The committee did not receive raw counts or methods for the percentages at the session; members asked staff to seek and circulate the underlying numbers for clarity and record.
The committee did not take formal action at the meeting; staff indicated they would follow up to obtain and report the precise numbers from the medical examiner's office.
