Interactive Charts of Opioid Overdose Deaths in Atlanta Metro Region (33N)

The interactive charts, created for 33N, displays trends in total, opioid, and prescription opioid overdose death rates for each of the 10 counties in the ARC planning area, the planing areas as a whole, and State of Georgia from 1999 to 2016. In Georgia in 2016, their were 996 overdose deaths caused by opioids, representing 68.8% of all drug overdose deaths in the state and a 61% increase since 2013. Of the overdose deaths statewide in 2016, 595 involved prescription opioids, a more than tenfold increase since 1999. The 10-county Atlanta metro region reports higher prescription opioid overdose rates in most years than the state as a whole, but has followed a similar trend to the state, with the problem of prescription opioid overdose deaths increasing over time. Since 1999 in the 10-county Atlanta metro region, the number of prescription opioid overdose deaths has increased at more than 5 times the rate of deaths overall, at 2.5 times the rate of overdose deaths, and at more than 1.5 times the rate of all opioid overdose deaths. Data Source: Georgia Department of Public Health (GA DPH), OASIS, Mortality/Morbidity Data, 1999-2016