Carroll County Opioid Sign Data

Picture of sign when unveiled on October 29, 2018

Six signs across Carroll County are helping to raise awareness about the opioid crisis. The numbers will change monthly and are based on data from local agencies. This page will also be updated monthly to reflect the numbers on the signs.

Sign Data

As of August, 2023

Overdoses= 404

Lives Saved = 376

Lives Lost = 28

Please note, these numbers are estimates based on currently available data sources. Due to the MDH network security incident, we do not currently have access to some data.

2021 totals: Overdoses 625, Lives Saved 565, Lives Lost 60 (this data may not be complete due to network security incident)

2020 totals: Overdoses 873, Lives Saved 825, Lives Lost 58

2019 totals: Overdoses 1063, Lives Saved 1008, Lives Lost 55

Data details:

Lives Lost – Total fatalities (Carroll County Sheriff’s Office)

Overdoses – Total non-fatal overdoses (Carroll Hospital) + EMS refusals + out of county EMS transports (Carroll County Sheriff’s Office)

Lives Saved – Total overdoses minus deaths

Please note that these numbers reflect the minimum possible overdoses and deaths due to heroin, fentanyl, and other opioids for the time period listed. The number of agencies involved and the differences in the way data is recorded and processed cause significant data lags. Resident deaths occurring outside the county are also not included in these totals.

For more detailed data on overdoses and fatalities, see the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Overdose Investigative Summary Report.

Sign Design

The Carroll County Opioid Senior Policy Group, a team of local community agencies and individuals working together to direct opioid crisis funding to local projects, wanted the opioid awareness signs to have a positive spin, so they decided to include lives saved using Naloxone, and messages of hope and where to go for help.

Sponsoring agencies for the sign are the Carroll County Health Department, Carroll County Government, Carroll Hospital Center, Carroll County Sheriff, Carroll County Public Schools, Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office, and The Partnership for a Healthier Carroll County. Tara Mayers, Graphic Designer and Media Specialist for Carroll County Government, created the sign design.

Currently, signs are located at:

Carroll County Health Department, 290 South Center Street, Westminster
Carroll County Public Library, Taneytown branch, 10 Grand Drive, Taneytown
Maryland Route 30 in front of North Carroll Middle School, maintained by Hampstead Police Department
Reese Volunteer Fire Company, 1745 Baltimore Blvd, Westminster
Mount Airy Senior and Community Center, 703 Ridge Avenue, and Carroll County Public Library, Mount Airy branch, 705 Ridge Avenue, Mount Airy
Sykesville Freedom District Fire Department, 6680 Sykesville Rd, Sykesville

Health Department Opioid Awareness Sign

Taneytown Opioid Awareness Sign

North Carroll Opioid Awareness Sign

Reese Opioid Awareness Sign

Mount Airy Opioid Awareness Sign

Sykesville Opioid Awareness Sign