From 2021 to 2025, recorded overdose deaths among people living at King County's subsidized housing sites rose 68%, faster than overdose deaths countywide (28%) and than permanent housing beds (25%). If the housing group's rising share of housed people's overdose deaths were entirely a coding change, the rise would be 19%, slower than the beds. Deaths from all causes at those sites rose 23%, about as fast as the beds.
| change | measure | value_2021 | value_2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.6842 | Overdose deaths at housing sites | 114 | 192 |
| 0.193 | Housing-site overdose deaths, worst case | 114 | 136 |
| 0.2265 | All deaths at housing sites | 309 | 379 |
| 0.2801 | Overdose deaths, whole county | 714 | 914 |
| 0.2457 | Permanent housing beds (HUD) | 7860 | 9791 |
| -0.0297 | Other investigated deaths, county | 3097 | 3005 |