Regan Benson | HOMELESS VIGIL DENVER @ReganBenson | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
“For the 34th year, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (the coalition or CCH) and the Denver community remember the lives of those who passed away while they were experiencing homelessness. The coalition is committed to honoring these individuals and reporting on their deaths in the greatest detail possible to bring attention to the lost lives of community members, as well as the troubling trends, impacting un houses neighbors .
According to data collected by the metro, Denver, homeless initiative, parentheses MDHI parentheses, and other direct service partners, at least 312 individuals passed away in the Denver metro area in the year Long. From November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023, ( referred to as “ 2023 data“ for the purposes of this report). No demographic or medical information was available for these individuals.
Because data is not available on all our unhoused neighbors, who died over the past year, this report is based on available documentation from the Denver medical examiners office, (OME) of people experiencing homelessness who passed away between November 1, 2022 and October 31, 2023. For the fifth year in a row, Denvers OME has not provided CCH with complete demographic data on these individuals, which makes it difficult to fully understand the impact and nature of these deaths. Based on the information available, 0ME has recorded 239 deaths among people experiencing homelessness in 2023, a devastating number, that is, once again, the highest number, recorded by the coalition, since this report was launched.
This report is a comparison to the We Will Remember: Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil which takes place at the Denver City and County Building yearly on December 21st, the longest night of the year. Neither this analysis, nor the Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil account for all our neighbors, who died while experiencing homelessness this year.
Based on the information available, OME has recorded 239 deaths among people experiencing homelessness in 2023, an increase from the 173 reported in 2022. This reverts to a trend scene before 2022, when growth in deaths among unhoused people grew steadily from 2019–2021. Additionally, the average age of death for someone experiencing Homeless in 2023, was 46, which is less than 2022’s average age of death of 50.5. This is particularly disheartening when considering the average U. S. life expectancy of 77.5. Continuing a trend scene in the past few years, overdose deaths continue to rise; in 2023, overdose deaths rose 18% among people experiencing homelessness compared to 2022. A disparities analysis found no statistically significant differences in cause or manner of death by sex, race, or ethnicity.”
Read more here: coloradocoalition.org/vigil
Ways to donate directly to Helping Hands for Dignity Coalition:
https://linktr.ee/reganbenson
“For the 34th year, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (the coalition or CCH) and the Denver community remember the lives of those who passed away while they were experiencing homelessness. The coalition is committed to honoring these individuals and reporting on their deaths in the greatest detail possible to bring attention to the lost lives of community members, as well as the troubling trends, impacting un houses neighbors .
According to data collected by the metro, Denver, homeless initiative, parentheses MDHI parentheses, and other direct service partners, at least 312 individuals passed away in the Denver metro area in the year Long. From November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023, ( referred to as “ 2023 data“ for the purposes of this report). No demographic or medical information was available for these individuals.
Because data is not available on all our unhoused neighbors, who died over the past year, this report is based on available documentation from the Denver medical examiners office, (OME) of people experiencing homelessness who passed away between November 1, 2022 and October 31, 2023. For the fifth year in a row, Denvers OME has not provided CCH with complete demographic data on these individuals, which makes it difficult to fully understand the impact and nature of these deaths. Based on the information available, 0ME has recorded 239 deaths among people experiencing homelessness in 2023, a devastating number, that is, once again, the highest number, recorded by the coalition, since this report was launched.
This report is a comparison to the We Will Remember: Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil which takes place at the Denver City and County Building yearly on December 21st, the longest night of the year. Neither this analysis, nor the Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil account for all our neighbors, who died while experiencing homelessness this year.
Based on the information available, OME has recorded 239 deaths among people experiencing homelessness in 2023, an increase from the 173 reported in 2022. This reverts to a trend scene before 2022, when growth in deaths among unhoused people grew steadily from 2019–2021. Additionally, the average age of death for someone experiencing Homeless in 2023, was 46, which is less than 2022’s average age of death of 50.5. This is particularly disheartening when considering the average U. S. life expectancy of 77.5. Continuing a trend scene in the past few years, overdose deaths continue to rise; in 2023, overdose deaths rose 18% among people experiencing homelessness compared to 2022. A disparities analysis found no statistically significant differences in cause or manner of death by sex, race, or ethnicity.”
Read more here: coloradocoalition.org/vigil
Ways to donate directly to Helping Hands for Dignity Coalition:
https://linktr.ee/reganbenson
