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12 HEALTH • Spring 2017 Acton 2 0 3 3 Ashburnham 0 0 1 1 Ashby 0 0 0 0 Ashland 1 0 1 4 Athol 2 2 2 2 Auburn 0 2 1 2 Ayer 0 1 1 1 Barre 1 0 0 3 Bellingham 3 1 2 3 Berlin 0 0 0 1 Blackstone 0 0 2 3 Bolton 0 0 0 2 Boxborough 0 0 0 0 Boylston 0 0 0 2 Brookfield 0 1 2 0 Charlton 1 1 1 0 Clinton 3 2 4 6 Douglas 2 0 0 2 Dudley 1 3 2 0 East Brookfield 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg 4 6 14 18 Framingham 6 3 11 12 Franklin 1 2 4 6 Gardner 1 4 4 6 Grafton 0 3 2 2 Groton 0 1 0 1 Hardwick 0 0 0 2 Harvard 0 1 0 0 Holden 1 0 5 4 Holliston 0 1 0 3 Hopedale 0 0 4 0 Hopkinton 1 0 3 3 Hubbardston 0 0 2 2 Hudson 2 1 1 6 Lancaster 2 0 1 2 Leicester 0 2 1 2 Leominster 4 6 9 6 Littleton 0 0 0 0 Lunenburg 1 3 2 2 Marlborough 2 2 8 8 Maynard 2 0 2 3 Medway 0 1 0 1 Mendon 0 2 0 1 Milford 4 2 4 3 Millbury 1 2 4 3 Millis 0 1 1 1 Millville 0 0 0 1 Natick 0 3 6 4 New Braintree 0 0 0 0 North Brookfield 2 0 1 0 Northborough 1 0 0 0 Northbridge 2 1 1 4 Oakham 0 0 0 0 Oxford 3 1 5 3 Paxton 2 1 1 1 Pepperell 3 1 3 3 Petersham 0 1 0 0 Phillipston 1 0 0 0 Princeton 1 1 1 1 Royalston 0 1 0 0 Rutland 1 0 2 0 Sherborn 0 0 1 1 Shirley 1 0 3 1 Shrewsbury 0 6 1 2 Southborough 0 0 0 0 Southbridge 2 2 3 6 Spencer 0 1 3 8 Sterling 1 1 0 0 Stow 0 0 0 1 Sturbridge 0 1 1 1 Sudbury 1 0 0 0 Sutton 0 0 0 1 Templeton 1 1 2 2 Townsend 1 4 2 1 Upton 1 1 0 0 Uxbridge 3 2 1 4 Warren 1 1 2 2 Wayland 1 0 1 1 Webster 4 3 4 5 West Boylston 1 1 3 0 West Brookfield 0 1 2 0 Westborough 0 0 1 3 Westminster 0 0 1 0 Winchendon 3 1 2 2 Worcester 28 43 56 76 Total Central Mass 113 135 213 266 135.40% Total MA 698 918 1,321 1,597 128.80% Percent Town 2012 2013 2014 2015 change Percent Town 2012 2013 2014 2015 change Opioid-related overdose deaths by town The number of unintentional opioid-related deaths grew at a slightly higher rate in Central Massachusetts than statewide from 2012 to 2015 Acton Ashburnham Ashby Ashland Athol Auburn Ayer Barre Bellingham Berlin Blackstone Bolton Boxborough Boylston Brookfield Charlton Clinton Douglas Dudley East Brookfield Fitchburg Framingham Franklin Gardner Grafton Groton Hardwick Harvard Holden Holliston Hopedale Hopkinton Hubbardston Hudson Lancaster Leicester Leominster Littleton Lunenburg Marlborough Maynard Medway Mendon Milford Millbury Millis Millville Natick New Braintree North Brookfield Northborough Northbridge Oakham Oxford Paxton Pepperell Petersham Phillipston Princeton Royalston Rutland Sherborn Shirley Shrewsbury Southborough Southbridge Spencer Sterling Stow Sturbridge Sudbury Sutton Templeton Townsend Upton Uxbridge Warren Wayland Webster West Boylston West Brookfield Westborough Westminster Winchendon Worcester Total Central Mass Total MA { The Lists } Source: Mass. Dept. of Public Health as of Jan. 12, 2017 Note: Additional cases for 2014 and 2015 are still being confirmed