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Montezuma County coroner reports fewer calls than last year; requests multi‑year trend analysis
Summary
Coroner George told commissioners total coroner and hospice calls are down compared with the prior year and asked staff to provide a three‑ to five‑year comparison including population growth.
George, the county coroner, gave a year‑to‑date report at the Board of County Commissioners workshop, saying coroner and hospice calls are down from this time last year and asking commissioners to request a multi‑year trend analysis.
“I am down 5 from last year at this time,” George said, reporting a combined total of 91 coroner and hospice calls this year versus 105 at the same point last year. He said hospice calls alone are down by 11.
George gave additional year‑to‑date counts: suicides were two so far this year (compared with six at this time last year); motor‑vehicle fatalities stood at one this year and one last year; homicides were one this year (zero last year); overdoses, so far, had not been confirmed — he said he was awaiting toxicology results on one case he suspected might be an overdose; pedestrian strikes numbered two this year, matching last year.
Commissioners asked George to provide a three‑ to five‑year historical comparison and to account for population growth trends in the analysis. “Next time, can you look at that? Just look at a 3 to 5 year historic data?” a commissioner asked.
Ending: George said he will include the requested historical and population context in his next report.
