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10 HEALTH • Spring 2018 { The Lists } Acton 3 0 3 4 7 Ashburnham 0 0 1 1 2 Ashby 0 0 0 0 0 Ashland 1 0 1 4 4 Athol 2 2 2 3 3 Auburn 0 2 1 3 2 Ayer 0 1 1 1 7 Barre 1 0 0 3 0 Bellingham 3 1 2 3 5 Berlin 0 0 0 1 0 Blackstone 0 0 2 3 7 Bolton 0 0 0 2 1 Boxborough 0 0 0 0 1 Boylston 0 0 0 2 0 Brookfield 0 1 2 0 1 Charlton 1 1 1 0 4 Clinton 4 2 4 6 8 Douglas 2 0 0 2 1 Dudley 1 3 2 0 0 East Brookfield 0 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg 5 6 14 19 21 Framingham 6 4 11 12 18 Franklin 2 2 4 7 7 Gardner 1 4 6 6 9 Grafton 0 3 2 2 1 Groton 0 1 0 1 0 Hardwick 0 0 0 2 1 Harvard 0 1 0 0 0 Holden 1 0 5 4 5 Holliston 0 1 0 4 1 Hopedale 0 0 4 0 1 Hopkinton 1 0 3 4 0 Hubbardston 0 0 2 2 1 Hudson 2 1 1 6 2 Lancaster 2 0 1 2 1 Leicester 0 2 1 2 2 Leominster 4 6 10 7 13 Littleton 0 0 0 0 2 Lunenburg 1 3 2 2 1 Marlborough 3 3 9 8 4 Maynard 2 0 2 3 0 Medway 0 1 0 1 3 Mendon 0 2 0 1 0 Milford 5 2 4 3 11 Millbury 1 2 4 4 4 Millis 0 1 1 1 4 Millville 0 0 0 1 0 Natick 1 3 7 5 3 New Braintree 0 0 0 0 0 North Brookfield 2 0 1 0 3 Northborough 1 0 0 0 3 Northbridge 2 1 1 4 2 Oakham 0 0 0 0 0 Oxford 3 1 5 4 7 Paxton 2 1 1 1 0 Pepperell 3 1 3 3 1 Petersham 0 1 0 0 0 Phillipston 1 0 0 0 0 Princeton 1 1 1 1 1 Royalston 0 2 0 0 1 Rutland 1 0 2 0 2 Sherborn 0 0 1 1 1 Shirley 1 0 3 1 0 Shrewsbury 0 6 1 2 7 Southborough 0 0 0 0 1 Southbridge 2 2 2 6 12 Spencer 0 1 3 10 3 Sterling 1 1 0 0 2 Stow 0 0 0 1 1 Sturbridge 0 1 1 1 2 Sudbury 1 0 0 0 0 Sutton 0 0 0 1 0 Templeton 1 1 2 2 5 Townsend 1 4 2 1 2 Upton 1 1 0 0 2 Uxbridge 3 3 1 4 0 Warren 1 1 2 2 0 Wayland 1 0 1 1 2 Webster 5 3 4 6 5 West Boylston 1 1 3 0 1 West Brookfield 0 1 2 0 1 Westborough 0 0 1 3 4 Westminster 0 0 1 0 0 Winchendon 3 1 2 2 1 Worcester 29 43 56 79 73 Total CMass 122 139 217 283 313 156.6% Total MA 742 961 1,352 1,648 2,083 180.7% Town 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 % change Town 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 % change Opioid-related overdose deaths by town The number of unintentional opioid-related deaths grew at a lesser rate in Central Massachusetts than statewide from 2012 to 2016. However, Ashland, Charlton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Holden, Millbury, Southbridge and Templeton saw at least quadruple increases in that time. 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 Source: Mass. Dept. of Public Health as of Jan. 25, 2018 Note: Additional cases for 2015 and 2016 are still being confirmed