Substance Overdose Profile

Substance Harms Profile

Coming Soon | We are working on creating a merged weekly alerts dashboard for Lakelands Public Health, which includes the County of Haliburton, the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and the City and County of Peterborough.

Explore Local Substance Harms Data

Select a dashboard below to see the latest trends in poisonings, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and other substance-related harms for your area. Each link shows data for a specific Lakelands Public Health area and focus:

For the City of Kawartha Lakes, County of Haliburton and Northumberland County
Opioid Poisoning Weekly Alert
For the City of Kawartha Lakes, County of Haliburton, Northumberland County and the City and County of Peterborough
Substance-related Harms
For the City and County of Peterborough
Opioid Harms Data Portal

About the Substance Harms Profile

The Substance Harms Profile shows the number of confirmed and suspected opioid-related poisonings in the County of Haliburton, the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and the City and County of Peterborough. It also includes information on other substance-related harms, such as emergency department visits, hospitalizations, deaths, and mental health impacts linked to substance use.

Parts of the Substance-related Harms Dashboard are updated monthly and display the number of drug poisoning events by month for the current year.

How to Use the Dashboard

1. Click/select a report button located across the top of the dashboard to view different content.

2. Selected the desired filter from the corresponding drop-down list(s) to view specific or filtered data.

3. To see larger visuals:

Dashboards are best viewed on a desktop screen. Hover over the visual you want to enlarge. A small box will appear in the top right corner labeled 'Focus Mode'. Click on this box to enter full screen. To return, click the 'Back to Report' button at the top left.

4. To View Graphs in Table Format:

Right-click anywhere on the graph you are interested in and select 'Show as a Table'. To go back, click the 'Back to Report' button at the top left of the page.

5. Use Tooltips for More Information:

Hover over a visual to see additional information in a tooltip.

Data Source Information

The Lakelands Public Health Substance Overdose Profile Dashboard, covering Haliburton County, City of Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland County, reports selected substance overdose-related emergency department data from the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), selected substance-related hospitalization data from the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), and the Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OHMRS), via Intellihealth, Ontario Ministry of Health. Further information on these data sources can be found here: NACRS, DAD, OMHRS.

The weekly data on opioid overdoses is sourced from the Acute Care Enhanced Surveillance (ACES) system. This section also includes data provided through various partners (police and paramedic services) as identified in detail in the data source section of the dashboard. Data provided weekly through the Ministry of Health report as well as report from the coroner’s office are also included under weekly update.