The Bartholomew County coroners office says we hit a grim milestone last year — 30 deaths from overdoses. That is up sharply from 12 in 2016 and 6 in 2015.

According to the report released yesterday, all but one of the deaths have been ruled accidental. And despite concerns over the ongoing opioid epidemic, Deputy Coroner Jay Frederick reports that many drugs were involved and frequently in combination.

Of the 26 deaths that included opioids, 12 involved fentanyl, 8 involved heroin and seven involved prescription medicines. There were also seven deaths involving methamphetamine and seven involving Benzodiazepine. Two of the deaths involved cocaine.

The report says that 17 of those who died from overdoses were men and 13 were women.

The lone non-accidental death was a suicide, according to the report.

The complete statistics presented:

Total confirmed overdose deaths during 2017…………………………………….. 30

Males  …………………………………………………………………………. 17

Females………………………………………………………………………… 13

Opioid-related…………………………………………………………………. 26

Heroin………………………………………………………………….. 8

Fentanyl……………………………………………………………….. 12

U-47700……………………………………………………………….. 1

Carfentanil…………………………………………………………….. 1

Prescription opioids………………………………………………….. 7

Methamphetamine……………………………………………………………. 7

Cocaine…………………………………………………………………………. 2

Benzodiazepine……………………………………………………………….. 7

Manner of Death

Accident………………………………………………………………………… 29

Suicide …………………………………………………………………………. 1

Undetermined………………………………………………………………….. 0

Total overdose deaths in 2016………………………………………………………. 12

Total overdose deaths in 2015………………………………………………………. 6