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Coordinate with your county’s OIT (Opioid Intervention Team).
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Request data from your county’s Local Health Department (LHD).
Find More Data (Maryland/U.S.)
Harm reduction services
The Maryland Overdose Dashboard displays the life-saving work of
Overdose Response Programs across the state from November 2014 to present, including the distribution of naloxone and drug testing strips for fentanyl and xylazine.
Changes in the drug supply
Rapid Analysis of Drugs (RAD) is a statewide drug checking program.
Learn more and access RAD newsletters.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) tracks changes in the drug supply on the East and West coast. Subscribe to their monthly newsletter.
Drug use
The
2019 SEADS report is an ethnographic study of people who use drugs (PWUD) in Maryland that offers rich, detailed insights at state and county levels.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) annually conducts a
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) for drug use, substance use disorders, substance use treatment, mental illness, and more. Explore prevalence estimates by
state or
substate. Learn more about NSDUH.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) surveys middle school and high school students about drug use, risk behaviors, and more.
Explore YRBSS data,
export data tables, or
read about YRBSS.
The CDC
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an annual survey of U.S. adult residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.
Nonfatal overdose
Nonfatal overdose data from EMS naloxone administrations and Emergency Department visits in Maryland is publicly available on the Maryland Overdose Data Dashboard.
Additional Maryland data is available to Local Health Departments through ESSENCE, ODMAP, EMS, and law enforcement. Please
reach out to your Local Health Department for data on bad batches and overdose hot spots.
CDC's DOSE dashboard is an interactive visualization of nonfatal overdose data from Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Emergency Departments across the United States.
CDC WISQARS is an interactive, online collection of tools to analyze fatal, nonfatal, and cost of injury data in the United States.
Fatal overdose
Maryland fatal overdose data (current and historic) is publicly available on the
Maryland Overdose Data Dashboard.
The Maryland Department of Health Vital Statistics Administration (MDH VSA) publishes
quarterly and annual reports on overdose deaths in Maryland.
CDC’s State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) dashboard shows data on unintentional and undetermined intent drug overdose deaths from death certificates, medical examiner or coroner reports, and postmortem toxicology results in the United States.
CDC WISQARS is an interactive, online collection of tools to analyze fatal, nonfatal, and cost of injury data in the United States.
CDC WONDER is an online, interactive tool that generates reports on cause of death data, including fatal overdose, in the United States.
Maryland SUDORS publishes statewide and regional reports on the circumstances of fatal overdoses.
MDH produces annual
Data-Informed Overdose Risk Mitigation (DORM) reports examining the treatment, prescription, and service utilization history of individuals who experienced a fatal overdose in Maryland. Taken together, the examination of these factors helps to identify common factors associated with overdose risk.
HIV, viral hepatitis, and STIs
HIV statistics in Maryland (MDH Center for HIV Surveillance, Epidemiology and Evaluation)
HIV fast facts (CDC)
Viral hepatitis
reports and
basics (CDC)
STI statistics in Maryland (MDH Center for STI Prevention)
Learn about social determinants of health
Healthy People 2030 (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Social determinants of health (American Public Health Association)
Health Equity (American Public Health Association)
Unnatural Causes Documentary Series (includes discussion guides)
