SUDORS Dashboard: Fatal Drug Overdose Data – Accessible Version

Data updated February 26, 2024

What to know

  • The data below come from CDC's State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS).
  • SUDORS collects data on unintentional and undetermined intent drug overdose deaths from death certificates, medical examiner or coroner reports, and postmortem toxicology results.
  • States and local jurisdictions are increasingly better informed by systems like SUDORS, which presents comprehensive information on the characteristics and circumstances surrounding drug overdose deaths to inform prevention and response efforts.
Man looking at SUDORS dashboard on laptop computer.

About this dashboard

On this dashboard you can:

  • View final SUDORS data and download a dataset with annual counts, percentages, and rates (per 100,000 persons) overall and by jurisdiction. Final data represent annual data that have undergone full quality control. Please see the "Important Data Considerations" section on the final data page for further details on which jurisdictions are included in this dashboard and other important information on SUDORS data.
  • View preliminary SUDORS data counts and percentage estimates for the most recent SUDORS reporting period(s). Preliminary data represent more recent periods of data that have not yet completed quality control. Please see the "Important Data Considerations" section on the preliminary data page for a description of preliminary data and other important information on SUDORS data.
  • View the interactive version of this dashboard.

Data page selection: The dashboard defaults to the final data page. Click on "View Preliminary Data" to switch to the preliminary version of the dashboard. While on the preliminary data page, click on "View Final Data" to switch back to the final data page.

View data: Click on the box labeled "View data for" to select from a drop-down list of options. For each year, data can be viewed overall or by jurisdiction. Included jurisdictions may differ between years.

  • These drop-down lists are available in each section of the dashboard.
  • Selecting a jurisdiction from the drop-down list filters all data in the dashboard to the selected jurisdiction. Selecting a year from the drop-down list filters all data in the dashboard to the selected year. If both a jurisdiction and a year are selected, all data in the dashboard will be filtered to the selected jurisdiction and year.
  • The dashboard can also be filtered by jurisdiction by clicking on a specific jurisdiction's bar in the graph titled "Rate of overdose deaths by state and drug or drug class" or by clicking on a specific jurisdiction in the map of drugs of interest detected. Click the bar or jurisdiction again to clear your selection.

Data Summary at a Glance:

  • Click on "deaths by quarter" to jump to monthly trends in overdose deaths.
  • Click on "potential opportunity for intervention" to jump to circumstances surrounding overdose deaths.

Drug selection in the graph titled "Rates of overdose deaths by state and drug or drug class": Click on the box with a specific drug or drug class to change the graph to show the rate of overdose deaths that involved the selected drug or drug class. Only this graph will responsively adjust to your selection.

Drug and metric (i.e., count or percent) selection in section title "Where were select drugs of interest detected in drug overdose deaths": Select a drug or drug class of interest from the drop-down menu to view data for a specific drug or drug class. Select one of the radio buttons to view counts or percentages of deaths with the selected drug or drug class detected, by jurisdiction. Only the map will responsively adjust to your selection.

Metric (i.e., rate or percent) selection in section titled "Who died of a drug overdose": Select one of the radio buttons to view rates per 100,000 persons or percentages in the graphs by sex, by race/ethnicity, by age, and by age and sex. Only these four graphs will responsively adjust to your selection.

Circumstance selection in section titled "What were the circumstances surrounding overdose deaths": Select a grouping of circumstances from the drop-down menu to show percentages of deaths involving selected circumstances within the grouping.

On the preliminary dashboard page, only overall data are available for the most recent reporting period(s). Individual jurisdictions or years cannot be selected for preliminary data. Hover over each data point to view the 95% confidence interval for the percentage.

Fatal drug overdose data

Suggested citations

Suggested citation for final data:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS). Final Data. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; [INSERT YEAR, MONTH, DAY]. Access at: https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/sudors-dashboard-fatal-overdose-data.html

Suggested citation for preliminary data:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS). Preliminary Data. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; [INSERT YEAR, MONTH, DAY]. Access at: https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/sudors-dashboard-fatal-overdose-data.html