Opioid Overdose Surveillance Report 2016-2019

This report describes fatal (mortality) and nonfatal (morbidity) opioid-involved overdoses in Georgia during 2016, including prescription opioids, and illicit opioids such as heroin, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogs. Opioid overdose data were analyzed by the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) Epidemiology Program, Drug Overdose 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. (2019). Opioid Overdose Surveillance Preliminary Report: Georgia, 2019. https://dph.georgia.gov/opioid-overdose-annual-surveillance

Drug Surveillance Unit, Epidemiology Section, Division of Health Protection, Georgia Department of Public Health. (2019). Opioid Overdose Surveillance Preliminary County Level Data Tables: Georgia, 2019. https://dph.georgia.gov/opioid-overdose-annual-surveillance

Drug Surveillance Unit, Epidemiology Section, Division of Health Protection, Georgia Department of Public Health. (2018). Opioid Overdose Surveillance Preliminary Report: Georgia, 2018https://dph.georgia.gov/opioid-overdose-annual-surveillance

Drug Surveillance Unit, Epidemiology Section, Division of Health Protection, Georgia Department of Public Health. (2018). Opioid Overdose Surveillance Preliminary County Level Data Tables: Georgia, 2018. https://dph.georgia.gov/opioid-overdose-annual-surveillance

Drug Surveillance Unit, Epidemiology Section, Division of Health Protection, Georgia Department of Public Health. (2017). Opioid Overdose Surveillance: Georgia, 2017. https://dph.georgia.gov/opioid-overdose-annual-surveillance

Drug Surveillance Unit, Epidemiology Section, Division of Health Protection, Georgia Department of Public Health. (2017). Opioid Overdose Surveillance County Level Data Tables, Georgia, 2017. https://dph.georgia.gov/opioid-overdose-annual-surveillance

Drug Surveillance Unit, Epidemiology Section, Division of Health Protection, Georgia Department of Public Health. (2016). Opioid Overdose Surveillance: Georgia, 2016. https://dph.georgia.gov/opioid-overdose-annual-surveillance

Drug Surveillance Unit, Epidemiology Section, Division of Health Protection, Georgia Department of Public Health. (2016). Opioid Overdose Surveillance County Level Data Tables, Georgia, 2016. https://dph.georgia.gov/opioid-overdose-annual-surveillance