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Homeless Deaths in LA Have Nearly Doubled in the Past 6 Years [laist.com]

 

By Matt Tinoco, LAist, October, 29, 2019

More than 1,000 people died while experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County in 2018. That's nearly double the number of homeless people who died in 2013, according to a report released Tuesday by county health officials which looked at deaths within that six-year time period. Heart disease, drug and alcohol overdoses, and transportation-related injuries were the most common causes of death.

Even when adjusting for the increase in the number of homeless people in Los Angeles, the mortality rate has increased each year.

"Put simply, being homeless in L.A. County is becoming increasingly deadly," the authors wrote.

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