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Overdose Forecast

Leading indicators forecast where overdose surges are likely in the next two weeks — ranked, with a confidence band and the driving factor — so naloxone and outreach move before the spike, not after. Forward-looking and aggregate only.

Regions tracked

8

Surge-likely (≥70)

3

Data basis

Sample / aggregate

Forecast board — highest forward risk first

pre-position the worst-predicted region first
Regions ranked by two-week overdose surge forecast
#Region2-wk forecastConfidenceTop driverOpen
1Cedar Falls100%Surge likelyHigh(99100)EMS naloxone usesDetail →
2Old Mill89%Surge likelyHigh(8890)EMS naloxone usesDetail →
3Riverside84%Surge likelyHigh(8385)EMS naloxone usesDetail →
4Fox Hollow53%High(5056)EMS naloxone usesDetail →
5Harbor Point49%High(4751)ER overdose visitsDetail →
6Glenmoor32%High(3034)EMS naloxone usesDetail →
7Lakeview19%High(1523)EMS naloxone usesDetail →
8Pine Bluff5%Low(021)EMS naloxone usesDetail →

EMS = naloxone administrations · ED = overdose ER visits · Strip = fentanyl test-strip positivity · Prior = recent losses. No individual is tracked; the model and weights are open.

Open methodology — every weight in plain sight

A transparent weighted model turns aggregate leading indicators into a 0–100 two-week forward risk score. The heaviest-weighted input names the driver. No person-level data exists anywhere in this pipeline.

IndicatorWeightReference ceiling
EMS naloxone uses0.960
ER overdose visits1.140
test-strip positivity0.850
recent losses410
  • score = min(100, round(Σ(value × weight) / 1.4))
  • surge flag raised at score ≥ 70
  • confidence = 0.6 × data completeness + 0.4 × indicator consistency; sparse or contradictory inputs widen the band (up to ±25) so we never imply false precision

Tamper-evident snapshot

Anchor the current board into a hash chain so a forecast on record can't be quietly changed later. Aggregate outputs only.

audit.chain
$ forecast snapshot — not yet run this session
press “Anchor forecast snapshot” to write a hash-chained run