State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS)

More Information: https://dph.georgia.gov/state-unintentional-drug-overdose-reporting-system-sudo…

Data Indicators

Consequences

Age Groups

Any age

Geographic Units

State-Wide

Current Data Format

SAS dataset

Comparable to National Dataset?

Yes - comparable to the other SUDORS participating states/jurisdictions

Data Owners

Georgia Department of Public Health

Strategic Data Need

Collect and disseminate detailed data on the circumstance surrounding unintentional and undetermined intent drug overdoses, including risk factors and opportunities for intervention, in order to better inform prevention and response efforts

Strengths

n/a

Limitations

Data quality is dependent upon the level of detail in medical examiner and coroner reports and the reception of the reports from those entities, lag in data because of death certification

Citation

State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS), Georgia Department of Public Health. Available at https://dph.georgia.gov/state-unintentional-drug-overdose-reporting-system-sudors-data