{
  "id": "toxic-drug-deaths",
  "category": "Health and safety",
  "title": "Unregulated drug deaths, South Vancouver Island (BC Coroners Service), with all of B.C.",
  "geography": "South Vancouver Island health service delivery area (Greater Victoria, Western Communities, Saanich Peninsula and Southern Gulf Islands local health areas), by place of injury; all of B.C. shown for context",
  "scope": "region",
  "levels": [
    "Provincial (health services and the Coroners Service)",
    "Federal (drug law)"
  ],
  "plain_question": "How many people died from unregulated (toxic) drugs in the last 12 months in South Vancouver Island, which includes Greater Victoria?",
  "value": 124,
  "display_value": "124",
  "unit": "deaths in the latest 12 months",
  "period": "12 months to September 2026",
  "period_start": "2025-10-01",
  "period_end": "2026-09-01",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "12 months to September 2025",
    "previous_value": 125,
    "change_percent": -0.8
  },
  "trailing_12": {
    "period": "Oct 2025–Sep 2026",
    "value": 124,
    "previous_period": "Oct 2024–Sep 2025",
    "previous_value": 125,
    "change_percent": -0.8
  },
  "five_compare": {
    "period": "12 months to September 2021",
    "value": 138
  },
  "full_year": {
    "period": "2025",
    "value": 127,
    "previous_period": "2024",
    "previous_value": 171,
    "change_percent": -25.7
  },
  "year_to_date": {
    "period": "Jan–Sep 2026",
    "value": 88,
    "previous_period": "Jan–Sep 2025",
    "previous_value": 91,
    "change_percent": -3.3,
    "preliminary": true
  },
  "rate": {
    "per": 100000,
    "period": "2025",
    "value": 27.4,
    "previous_period": "2024",
    "previous_value": 37.1,
    "bc": 32.2,
    "island": 37.1
  },
  "since_text": "Was 125 in the 12 months before. Year to date (preliminary): 88 in Jan–Sep 2026, against 91 in Jan–Sep 2025. Calendar year 2025: 127 (27.4 per 100,000; B.C. 32.2)",
  "trend": "roughly_flat",
  "trend_basis": "South Vancouver Island: 124 deaths in the 12 months Oct 2025–Sep 2026, compared with 125 in the 12 months before (-0.8%). Year to date, preliminary: 88 from January to September 2026, compared with 91 in the same months of 2025 (-3.3%). Calendar years: 127 in 2025 compared with 171 in 2024 (-25.7%), 27.4 per 100,000 people (was 37.1). All of B.C., for context: 1,832 in 2025 compared with 2,324 in 2024 (-21.2%), 32.2 per 100,000 (was 41.0). Island Health: 344 compared with 463.",
  "direction_good": "down",
  "right_direction": "A lower number means fewer people died from unregulated drugs.",
  "caveats": [
    "South Vancouver Island is one of the Province's health service delivery areas. It covers the Greater Victoria, Western Communities, Saanich Peninsula and Southern Gulf Islands local health areas, as listed in the Province's boundary file.",
    "These are the BC Coroners Service's own counts of deaths from unregulated drugs (all substances, accidental and undetermined deaths), using one definition for every year shown.",
    "Preliminary: the Coroners Service works in a live database. Recent years change as investigations close, and its counts for a past year can differ from figures it published earlier.",
    "Counted by where the injury happened (where the drugs were used), not where the person lived.",
    "The headline is the latest 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026) against the 12 months before. The year to date (January to September 2026) is shown underneath as preliminary. Rates per 100,000 are for calendar year 2025, the Coroners Service's own figures: South Vancouver Island 27.4, Island Health 37.1, B.C. 32.2.",
    "Public but not under an open licence: the Coroners Service publishes these figures only in its dashboard, not as a data file.",
    "Where the earlier months come from: the dashboard's Monthly view shows only the latest 13 months (Sep 2025 to Sep 2026). The 12 months to Sep 2025 (125) and to Sep 2021 (138) are added up from the dashboard's own monthly table for South Vancouver Island, the data behind that view, read by script through the dashboard's public data connection. Every month is in this page's CSV with the time it was read. For every full year, the months add up to the yearly figure the dashboard shows.",
    "The Public Health Agency of Canada publishes a different B.C. series built from the same coroner data (opioid deaths with completed investigations up to 2024). Its definition changed in 2025, so its numbers differ. It is shown on a separate page."
  ],
  "charts": [
    {
      "title": "Unregulated drug deaths, South Vancouver Island",
      "fmt": "int",
      "unit": "deaths",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "South Vancouver Island",
          "area": "svi",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 26
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 78
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 105
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 125
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 75
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 140
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
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            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
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            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 183
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 171
            },
            {
              "period": "2025",
              "value": 127
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "All of B.C., for context",
      "fmt": "int",
      "unit": "deaths",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "All of B.C.",
          "area": "bc",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 528
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 997
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 1494
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 1566
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 992
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 1774
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 2289
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
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            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 2591
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 2324
            },
            {
              "period": "2025",
              "value": 1832
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Toxic drug deaths in B.C., national series (deaths in the calendar year)",
      "fmt": "int",
      "unit": "deaths",
      "merged_from": "toxic-drug-deaths-bc",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "British Columbia (province-wide; not available for Victoria or Island Health as open data)",
          "area": "bc",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 807
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 1300
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 1401
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 903
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 1563
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 2033
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 2112
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 2293
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 2025
            },
            {
              "period": "2025",
              "value": 1855
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Toxic drug deaths per 100,000 people (Public Health Agency of Canada series)",
      "fmt": "dec1",
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "lines": [
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          "name": "All of B.C.",
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              "period": "2016",
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              "period": "2017",
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            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 27.9
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            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 17.7
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            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 30.2
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 38.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
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            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 41.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 35.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2025",
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            }
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          "name": "All of Canada",
          "area": "canada",
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            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 7.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 10.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 11.5
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            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 9.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
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            {
              "period": "2021",
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            {
              "period": "2022",
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            {
              "period": "2023",
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            {
              "period": "2024",
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            {
              "period": "2025",
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          ]
        }
      ],
      "merged_from": "drug-deaths-rate-compared"
    }
  ],
  "monthly": {
    "area": "South Vancouver Island",
    "table": "HSDA Month",
    "read_at": "2026-11-12T01:57:30Z",
    "shown_on_dashboard": "Sep 2025 to Sep 2026",
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        "value": 1
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        "period": "2015-02",
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        "period": "2015-03",
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        "period": "2015-04",
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        "period": "2015-05",
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        "period": "2015-06",
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        "period": "2015-07",
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        "period": "2015-08",
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        "period": "2015-09",
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        "period": "2015-10",
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        "period": "2015-11",
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        "period": "2015-12",
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        "period": "2016-01",
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        "period": "2016-02",
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        "period": "2016-03",
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        "period": "2016-04",
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        "period": "2016-05",
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        "period": "2016-06",
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        "period": "2016-08",
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        "period": "2016-10",
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        "period": "2016-11",
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        "period": "2016-12",
        "value": 10
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        "period": "2017-01",
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        "period": "2017-02",
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        "period": "2017-03",
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        "period": "2017-04",
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        "period": "2017-05",
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        "period": "2017-06",
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        "period": "2017-07",
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        "period": "2017-08",
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        "period": "2017-09",
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        "period": "2017-10",
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        "period": "2017-11",
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        "period": "2017-12",
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        "period": "2018-02",
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        "period": "2018-03",
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        "period": "2018-04",
        "value": 9
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        "period": "2018-05",
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        "period": "2018-06",
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        "period": "2018-07",
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        "period": "2018-08",
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        "period": "2018-09",
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        "period": "2018-10",
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        "period": "2019-02",
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        "period": "2019-03",
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        "period": "2019-04",
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        "period": "2019-05",
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        "period": "2019-06",
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        "period": "2023-06",
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        "period": "2023-08",
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        "period": "2023-09",
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        "period": "2023-10",
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        "period": "2023-11",
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        "period": "2023-12",
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        "period": "2024-02",
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        "period": "2024-03",
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        "value": 9
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    ],
    "months_not_in_table": [
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      "2015-07"
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        "label": "12 months to Sep 2026",
        "months": "Oct 2025–Sep 2026",
        "value": 124
      },
      {
        "label": "12 months to Sep 2025",
        "months": "Oct 2024–Sep 2025",
        "value": 125
      },
      {
        "label": "12 months to Sep 2021",
        "months": "Oct 2020–Sep 2021",
        "value": 138
      }
    ],
    "yearly_check": "For every full year, the months add up to the yearly figure in the dashboard's HSDA table."
  },
  "series_note": "Full calendar years. Latest 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026): 124. 2026 so far (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary): 88",
  "breakdown_title": "For context",
  "breakdown": [
    {
      "label": "All of B.C.",
      "value": 1832,
      "display_value": "1,832 deaths",
      "previous_value": 2324,
      "period": "Calendar year 2025",
      "detail": "32.2 per 100,000 people (was 41.0 in 2024). 2026 to the end of September: 1,143."
    },
    {
      "label": "Island Health",
      "value": 344,
      "display_value": "344 deaths",
      "previous_value": 463,
      "period": "Calendar year 2025",
      "detail": "37.1 per 100,000 people (was 50.3 in 2024). 2026 to the end of September: 232."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "period": "2015",
      "value": 26
    },
    {
      "period": "2016",
      "value": 78
    },
    {
      "period": "2017",
      "value": 105
    },
    {
      "period": "2018",
      "value": 125
    },
    {
      "period": "2019",
      "value": 75
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    {
      "period": "2020",
      "value": 140
    },
    {
      "period": "2021",
      "value": 141
    },
    {
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      "value": 173
    },
    {
      "period": "2023",
      "value": 183
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 171
    },
    {
      "period": "2025",
      "value": 127
    }
  ],
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    "name": "BC Coroners Service, Unregulated Drug Toxicity Deaths dashboard",
    "url": "https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNGFkN2I3NmItZmY3My00ZWU1LWFjNTItNzJhZTEzNjAzNmY5IiwidCI6IjZmZGI1MjAwLTNkMGQtNGE4YS1iMDM2LWQzNjg1ZTM1OWFkYyJ9",
    "dataset_url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/death/coroners-service/statistical-reports",
    "download_url": "https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNGFkN2I3NmItZmY3My00ZWU1LWFjNTItNzJhZTEzNjAzNmY5IiwidCI6IjZmZGI1MjAwLTNkMGQtNGE4YS1iMDM2LWQzNjg1ZTM1OWFkYyJ9",
    "publisher_page": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/death/coroners-service/statistical-reports",
    "locator": "BC Coroners Service dashboard: health service delivery area table, South Vancouver Island, 2025 (deaths and rate per 100,000), and its monthly table for the year so far; B.C. and Island Health tables for context",
    "reads": "South Vancouver Island, monthly table: Oct 2025–Sep 2026 = 124 deaths; Oct 2024–Sep 2025 = 125. Jan–Sep 2026 = 88; Jan–Sep 2025 = 91. Yearly table: 2025 = 127 (27.4 per 100,000). BC Rate table: 2025 = 32.2 per 100,000; B.C. 2025 = 1,832 deaths"
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "Public data, not under an open licence. Used with attribution.",
    "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/home/copyright",
    "open": false,
    "note": "Read from the Coroners Service's public dashboard. The figures are not offered as an open data file."
  },
  "area_source": {
    "name": "Province of B.C., Local Health Area Boundaries",
    "url": "https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/local-health-area-boundaries",
    "licence": "Open Government Licence - British Columbia"
  },
  "verified_text": [
    "Coroners Service statistical reports page links “Unregulated Drug Toxicity Deaths (to Sept. 30, 2026)”",
    "Dashboard data model: “Illicit Drug Public DESKTOP Version Sep 2026”; data up to September 2026; last refreshed Oct 27, 2026",
    "South Vancouver Island health service delivery area: 2025 = 127 deaths (27.4 per 100,000); 2024 = 171 (37.1); yearly table and monthly table agree",
    "South Vancouver Island, January to September: 2026 = 88; 2025 = 91 (monthly table)",
    "South Vancouver Island, 12 months Oct 2025–Sep 2026 = 124; Oct 2024–Sep 2025 = 125; Oct 2020–Sep 2021 = 138 (monthly table)",
    "B.C. table: 2025 = 1,832 deaths; 2024 = 2,324; equals the sum of the five health authorities for every year",
    "Island Health: 2025 = 344; 2024 = 463 (yearly table and monthly table agree)",
    "Province's local health area boundaries: South Vancouver Island = Greater Victoria, Western Communities, Saanich Peninsula and Southern Gulf Islands"
  ],
  "refresh_frequency": "Monthly (dashboard updated about six weeks after each month)",
  "data_published": "2026-10-27",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T01:57:30Z",
  "licence_type": "public",
  "status_rule": {
    "rule": "One rule for every measure: a change smaller than 5% of the earlier value, or smaller than the agency's own margin of error, is “About the same”; no change is calculated across a marked break in a series; homelessness estimates, prices, staffing and comparison pages are shown for context without a label.",
    "reason": "The change is 0.8% of the earlier value, below the 5% threshold.",
    "threshold_percent": 5.0
  },
  "changes": {
    "year": {
      "period": "12 months to September 2025",
      "value": 125,
      "text": "vs Sep 2025: -0.8%"
    },
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      "value": 138,
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      "text": "vs 12 months to September 2021: -10.1%"
    }
  },
  "direction": {
    "type": "outcome",
    "rule": "Outcome measures read Better, Worse or About the same; published government targets read Ahead of, On or Behind target; value-judgement measures read Rising, Falling or Steady in a neutral colour. A change smaller than the agency's own margin of error, or otherwise smaller than 5% of the earlier value, is About the same (or Steady). No change is calculated across a marked break in a series.",
    "key": "same",
    "label": "About the same this year. Better over 5 years.",
    "arrow": "▼",
    "rel": -0.8,
    "delta": null,
    "vs": "12 months to September 2025",
    "cur": "12 months to September 2026",
    "why": "The change is 0.8% of the earlier value, below the 5% threshold. Over 5 years (since 12 months to September 2021) the change is 10.1% of the earlier value, at or above the 5% threshold, so the label also says Better over 5 years.",
    "change": "0.8%",
    "one_year": "−0.8%",
    "five": {
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      "text": "−10.1%",
      "years": 5
    },
    "label_one_year": "About the same",
    "long_key": "better",
    "long_label": "Better over 5 years"
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  "source_tier": 1,
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  "better_measure": {
    "what": "Local tables as a file, monthly, with history",
    "who_could_publish": "BC Coroners Service",
    "status": "Not published as data. Not asked for yet."
  },
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    {
      "id": "toxic-drug-deaths-bc",
      "label": "Toxic drug deaths in B.C., national series",
      "display_value": "1,855",
      "unit": "deaths in the calendar year",
      "period": "Calendar year 2025",
      "label_text": "Not comparable"
    },
    {
      "id": "drug-deaths-rate-compared",
      "label": "Toxic drug death rate, B.C. vs Canada",
      "display_value": "32.6",
      "unit": "deaths per 100,000 people, B.C.",
      "period": "Calendar year 2025",
      "label_text": "Not comparable"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "body": "BC",
      "name": "Province of B.C.",
      "decides": "Sets provincial standards for health services and appoints Island Health’s board.",
      "laws": [
        {
          "key": "haa3",
          "label": "Health Authorities Act, s. 3",
          "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96180_01#section3"
        },
        {
          "key": "haa4",
          "label": "Health Authorities Act, s. 4",
          "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96180_01#section4"
        }
      ],
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      "next": null
    },
    {
      "body": "IH",
      "name": "Island Health",
      "decides": "Plans and runs health services in the region: which services, which facilities and the programs that deliver them.",
      "laws": [
        {
          "key": "haa5",
          "label": "Health Authorities Act, s. 5",
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        }
      ],
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      "next": null
    },
    {
      "body": "CAN",
      "name": "Government of Canada and Parliament",
      "decides": "Makes federal drug law and can exempt people, places or substances from it.",
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        {
          "key": "cdsa56",
          "label": "Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, s. 56",
          "url": "https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-38.8/FullText.html"
        }
      ],
      "last": null,
      "next": null
    }
  ],
  "main_decision_maker": "Province of B.C."
}