2020 Preliminary Quarterly Drug Overdose Surveillance Reports 2020

This report describes fatal (mortality) and nonfatal (morbidity) opioid-involved overdoses in Georgia during the first quarter of 2020, including prescription opioids and illicit opioids, such as heroin, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogs. Opioids overdose data were analyzed by the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) Epidemiology Program, Drug Surveillance Unit, using Georgia hospital discharge inpatient and emergency department (ED) visit data, and DPH Vital Records death data. 

Drug Surveillance Unit, Epidemiology Section, Division of Health Protection, Georgia Department of Public Health. (2020). Preliminary Quarterly Drug Overdose Surveillance Report Georgia, 2020. https://dph.georgia.gov/quarterly-drug-overdose-surveillance-reports

Drug Surveillance Unit, Epidemiology Section, Division of Health Protection, Georgia Department of Public Health. (2020). Preliminary Quarterly Drug Overdose Surveillance Report, Georgia, April-June 2020. https://dph.georgia.gov/quarterly-drug-overdose-surveillance-reports

Drug Surveillance Unit, Epidemiology Section, Division of Health Protection, Georgia Department of Public Health. (2020). Preliminary Quarterly Drug Overdose Surveillance Report, Georgia, July-October 2020. https://dph.georgia.gov/quarterly-drug-overdose-surveillance-reports

Drug Surveillance Unit, Epidemiology Section, Division of Health Protection, Georgia Department of Public Health. (2020). Preliminary Quarterly Drug Overdose Surveillance Report Georgia, 2020. https://dph.georgia.gov/quarterly-drug-overdose-surveillance-reports