Due to system and data reporting challenges, we do not know the true rate of overdoses in Texas. The following resources may be the best data resources we have to understand this growing concern:
- Texas Health Data online interactive maps with counts through 2015 (later data is still provisional): http://healthdata.dshs.texas.gov/opioids/deaths
- CDC National Center for Health Statistics provisional fatal overdose counts through 2018: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm
- CDC opioid overdose death data by state through 2017: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/statedeaths.html
- NIDA Summary charts and links, including non-opioid charts: https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates