Homeless Deaths In LA Have DOUBLED In The Past 6 Years

[roadmaster]

OS ANGELES – – Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) released a mortality study that provides new and alarming data on deaths among people experiencing homelessness in LA County. Not only have the number of homeless deaths doubled, from 536 in 2013 to 1,047 in 2018, but the death rate, which accounts for increases in the total number of homeless people, increased by over a third during that same period. Drug and alcohol overdose was the largest contributor to the overall increase in the homeless death rate. From 2016 to 2018, the overdose death rate was 26 times higher among the homeless than among the general population. Other leading causes of homeless deaths included heart disease, traffic injuries, homicide and suicide.“This report is tragic, and reflects a true state of emergency on the streets of our community,” said Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, lead author of the motion. “It is unconscionable and inhumane for society to continue to turn a blind eye to this plight. That’s why we recommended that the Board act with urgency and purpose to direct the Department of Public Health to examine and execute strategies that lead to a rapid reduction in these disturbing numbers.”

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[FindersKeepers]

That's awful, but I'm guessing the raw number of homeless people have increased as well.

[Common]

Homeless deaths and crime has SOARED all over the country, this is the main stream media that hides everything that can hurt democrats and the liberal agenda from the american people.

Another thing they dont tell us is how many homeless are illegals

[Standing Wolf]

.... Another thing they dont tell us is how many homeless are illegals

The number of homeless illegal aliens are probably far less a factor than the fact that illegal immigration - legal immigration, for that matter - makes for more competition for both jobs and housing in the low-skilled, lower-priced end of those markets, forcing many citizens of that description into homelessness.

[EvilCat Breath]

The death rate has doubled while the number of homeless has tripled. End result. Low death rate among the homeless.

[Lummy]

Pay them an attractive -- but not crazy -- reward, say $10,000(?), for voluntary sterilization.

[Standing Wolf]

Pay them an attractive -- but not crazy -- reward, say $10,000(?), for voluntary sterilization.

Actually, I just read an L.A. Times article in which someone suggested that it might be cost effective to pay each able bodied homeless person $10,000 to allow them to travel to and settle somewhere in the country where employment is better and housing costs more affordable. Of course it wouldn't work for the mentally ill and the substance addicted, but it's something.