The Maryland Department of Health’s Interactive Overdose Dashboard is a tool for increasing access to timely overdose data and improving data-driven decision making for overdose prevention and response.
Launched in July 2024 with extensive feedback from local and community partners, this dashboard is user-friendly and includes easy-to-understand visualization of overdose trends throughout the state.
Key Messages:
- Based on preliminary data, fatal overdoses in Maryland have been on the decline in recent years.
- In 2024, there were 1,767 fatal overdoses in the state, marking a 29.6 percent decrease from the 2,511 fatal overdoses recorded in 2023
- While overdose death rates have shown signs of decline overall, disparities persist:
- In 2024, fatal overdose rates (deaths per 100k pop.) among non-Hispanic Black people in Maryland were 1.6x higher than those among non-Hispanic whites (43.7 vs. 27.1).
