IVP Branch: Overdose Data
Deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department (ED) visits due to medication or drug overdose, have become a growing public health concern nationally and in North Carolina.
Historically, prescription opioids have been a major driver of this epidemic. However, illicit drugs are now contributing to this problem in increasing numbers. The majority of overdose deaths now involve illicit opioids like heroin or fentanyl, a synthetic narcotic. The number of overdose deaths involving stimulants is also on the rise.
This webpage includes statewide summary data, a link to the state’s Opioid and Substance Use Action Plan Data Dashboard, monthly data updates, and county-level data. Visit the DHHS Overdose Epidemic website for more information on preventing overdose deaths in North Carolina. For information on how to make a custom data request, please review the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch data request policies and procedures .
NC Summary Data
- Core Overdose Data Slides 2021 (PPTX, 7.9 MB) - New! 5/22/2023
- State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) Fact Sheet
- The Medication and Drug Overdose Fact Sheet (PDF, 361 KB) provides a snapshot of medication and drug overdose deaths.
- The Opioid-involved Overdoses Fact Sheet provides information specific to the opioid epidemic.
NC Opioid and Substance Use Action Plan Data Dashboard - Updated Quarterly
- Data dashboard to track and monitor the NC Opioid and Substance Use Action Plan metrics; data available for the state and individual counties.
- North Carolina’s Opioid and Substance Use Action Plan
County Overdose Slide Sets
Click below to download your counties overdose slide set.
Overdose Surveillance Reports - Updated Monthly
Opioid Overdose ED Visits
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County Opioid
Overdose Emergency Department Visit Reports (For counties with 12 month average ≥
5)
- Alamance (PDF, 139 KB)
- Beaufort (PDF, 128 KB)
- Bladen (PDF, 136 KB)
- Brunswick (PDF, 136 KB)
- Buncombe (PDF, 135 KB)
- Burke (PDF, 138 KB)
- Cabarrus (PDF, 138 KB)
- Caldwell (PDF, 138 KB)
- Carteret (PDF, 138 KB)
- Catawba (PDF, 139 KB)
- Cleveland (PDF, 139 KB)
- Columbus (PDF, 138 KB)
- Craven (PDF, 138 KB)
- Cumberland (PDF, 139 KB)
- Davidson (PDF, 139 KB)
- Durham (PDF, 139 KB)
- Forsyth (PDF, 139 KB)
- Gaston (PDF, 139 KB)
- Granville (PDF, 136 KB)
- Guilford (PDF, 139 KB)
- Halifax (PDF, 129 KB)
- Harnett (PDF, 138 KB)
- Haywood (PDF, 138 KB)
- Henderson (PDF, 138 KB)
- Hoke (PDF, 138 KB)
- Iredell (PDF, 139 KB)
- Johnston (PDF, 139 KB)
- Lee (PDF, 138 KB)
- Lenoir (PDF, 134 KB)
- Lincoln (PDF, 139 KB)
- McDowell (PDF, 139 KB)
- Mecklenburg (PDF, 139 KB)
- Montgomery (PDF, 135 KB)
- Moore (PDF, 138 KB)
- Nash (PDF, 138 KB)
- New Hanover (PDF, 139 KB)
- Onslow (PDF, 138 KB)
- Orange (PDF, 127 KB)
- Pasquotank(PDF, 132 KB)
- Person (PDF, 133 KB) Pitt (PDF, 138 KB)
- Randolph (PDF, 139 KB)
- Richmond (PDF, 139 KB)
- Robeson (PDF, 138 KB)
- Rockingham (PDF, 139 KB)
- Rowan (PDF, 139 KB)
- Rutherford (PDF, 139 KB)
- Sampson (PDF, 137 KB)
- Scotland (PDF, 138 KB)
- Stanly (PDF, 138 KB)
- Stokes (PDF, 128 KB)
- Surry (PDF, 139 KB)
- Union (PDF, 138 KB)
- Vance (PDF, 127 KB)
- Wake (PDF, 139 KB)
- Wayne (PDF, 139 KB)
- Wilkes (PDF, 138 KB)
- Wilson (PDF, 138 KB)
- Yadkin (PDF, 134 KB)
Overdose ED Visits Involving Medication or Drug with Potential for Dependency
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County Medication
or
Drug with Potential for Dependency Overdose ED Visit Reports (For counties with 12 month
average ≥9)
- Alamance (PDF, 212 KB)
- Beaufort (PDF, 215 KB)
- Bladen (PDF, 215 KB)
- Brunswick (PDF, 211 KB)
- Buncombe (PDF, 213 KB)
- Burke (PDF, 212 KB)
- Cabarrus (PDF, 212 KB)
- Caldwell (PDF, 211 KB)
- Carteret (PDF, 212 KB)
- Catawba (PDF, 213 KB)
- Cleveland (PDF, 212 KB)
- Columbus (PDF, 211 KB)
- Craven (PDF, 212 KB)
- Cumberland (PDF, 212 KB)
- Davidson (PDF, 212 KB)
- Davie (PDF, 213 KB)
- Durham (PDF, 214 KB)
- Edgecombe (PDF, 214 KB)
- Forsyth (PDF, 214 KB)
- Gaston (PDF, 214 KB)
- Granville (PDF, 213 KB)
- Guilford (PDF, 213 KB)
- Halifax (PDF, 212 KB)
- Harnett (PDF, 212 KB)
- Haywood (PDF, 214 KB)
- Henderson (PDF, 213 KB)
- Hoke (PDF, 213 KB)
- Iredell (PDF, 213 KB)
- Johnston (PDF, 213 KB)
- Lee (PDF, 213 KB)
- Lenoir (PDF, 213 KB)
- Lincoln (PDF, 213 KB)
- McDowell (PDF, 213 KB)
- Mecklenburg (PDF, 215 KB)
- Montgomery (PDF, 213 KB)
- Moore (PDF, 212 KB)
- Nash (PDF, 211 KB)
- New Hanover (PDF, 211 KB)
- Onslow (PDF, 212 KB)
- Orange (PDF, 211 KB)
- Pasquotank (PDF, 213 KB)
- Person (PDF, 213 KB)
- Pitt (PDF, 212 KB)
- Randolph (PDF, 212 KB)
- Richmond (PDF, 214 KB)
- Robeson (PDF, 215 KB)
- Rockingham (PDF, 214 KB)
- Rowan (PDF, 214 KB)
- Rutherford (PDF, 213 KB)
- Sampson(PDF, 213 KB)
- Scotland (PDF, 213 KB)
- Stanly (PDF, 214 KB)
- Stokes (PDF, 211 KB)
- Surry (PDF, 212 KB)
- Union (PDF, 212 KB)
- Vance (PDF, 210 KB)
- Wake (PDF, 213 KB)
- Wayne (PDF, 211 KB)
- Wilkes (PDF, 211 KB)
- Wilson (PDF, 212 KB)
- Yadkin (PDF, 211 KB)
OCME Suspected Overdose Deaths Report
OCME Fentanyl-Positive Deaths
EMS Encounters for Suspected Opioid Overdose Reports We were unable to update the statewide report this month.
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Click here for
County EMS Suspected Opioid Overdose Reports (For counties with average monthly visits ≥
5)
We were unable to update the county-level reports this month.
- Alamance (PDF, 328 KB)
- Bladen (PDF, 321 KB)
- Buncombe (PDF, 332 KB)
- Burke (PDF, 328 KB)
- Cabarrus (PDF, 330 KB)
- Caldwell (PDF, 329 KB)
- Carteret (PDF, 321 KB)
- Catawba (PDF, 328 KB)
- Cherokee (PDF, 320 KB)
- Cleveland (PDF, 327 KB)
- Columbus (PDF, 329 KB)
- Craven (PDF, 329 KB)
- Cumberland (PDF, 301 KB)
- Davidson (PDF, 329 KB)
- Davie (PDF, 320 KB)
- Duplin (PDF, 329 KB)
- Durham (PDF, 332 KB)
- Edgecombe (PDF, 327 KB)
- Forsyth (PDF, 325 KB)
- Gaston (PDF, 332 KB)
- Guilford (PDF, 328 KB)
- Halifax (PDF, 323 KB)
- Harnett (PDF, 331 KB)
- Haywood (PDF, 328 KB)
- Henderson (PDF, 321 KB)
- Hoke (PDF, 325 KB)
- Iredell (PDF, 325 KB)
- Johnston (PDF, 2325 KB)
- Lee (PDF, 330 KB)
- Lenoir (PDF, 324 KB)
- Lincoln(PDF, 326 KB)
- McDowell (PDF, 322 KB)
- Mecklenburg (PDF, 333 KB)
- Moore (PDF, 325 KB)
- Nash (PDF, 330 KB)
- New Hanover (PDF, 329 KB)
- Onslow (PDF, 326 KB)
- Orange (PDF, 329 KB)
- Pender(PDF, 323 KB)
- Pitt (PDF, 328 KB)
- Randolph (PDF, 327 KB)
- Richmond (PDF, 322 KB)
- Robeson (PDF, 330 KB)
- Rockingham (PDF, 332 KB)
- Rowan (PDF, 331 KB)
- Rutherford (PDF, 325 KB)
- Sampson (PDF, 324 KB)
- Scotland (PDF, 324 KB)
- Stanly (PDF, 319 KB)
- Stokes (PDF, 321 KB)
- Surry (PDF, 326 KB)
- Union (PDF, 326 KB)
- Vance (PDF, 323 KB)
- Wake (PDF, 336 KB)
- Wayne (PDF, 331 KB)
- Wilkes (PDF, 321 KB)
- Wilson (PDF, 326 KB)
- Yadkin (PDF, 325 KB)
County-Level Overdose Data Tables
See the dashboard below for data on various types of poisoning at the county level. Please see the North Carolina Overdose Surveillance Definitions (PDF, 267 KB) table for a detailed description of case definitions for each type of poisoning. All tables contain the most recent 10 years of data. If additional years of data are needed, please send a request .
- To navigate the dashboard, use the filter boxes at the bottom of the tables.
- The Source box allows you to switch between deaths, hospitalizations, Emergency Department, and population data.
- The View by County box will show all drug categories statewide, or by county selected.
- The View by Drug will show one drug category for all counties. When viewing the tables by drug, make your desired choices in the Intent and Drug boxes. This will display all 100 counties and state data.
- Use the Page navigator box in the bottom right to flip through all pages of data.
- If you wish to view data for only one county, change the View by County or Drug box to county, make your selections in the Intent and County boxes, and make sure the Page navigator box is set to page 1.
- Tables can be downloaded using the download icon below right of the data table.
- If additional years of data are needed, please review the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch data request policies and procedures for steps regarding how to make a custom data request.
Last Modified: 09-19-2023