Drug Overdose (Opioids, Stimulants, Benzodiazepines, and Muscle Relaxants)

About this Reportable Disease

Infectious agent: N/A

Description of condition: Acute toxicity to a substance (opioids, stimulants, benzodiazepines, or muscle relaxants), prescription or illicit, at a scale that overwhelms normal physiological functioning and requires immediate medical intervention. Overdose symptomology is largely dependent on the substance(s) but generally could include psychosis, coma, respiratory depression, seizures, and/or hallucinations. Most overdoses involve multiple drugs (polydrug). Drug overdoses are reportable regardless of intent.  Intent refers to attempted suicide, homicide (intentional), or an accidental overdose (unintentional). 

Welcome to the Tennessee Drug Overdose Dashboard

This interactive tool contains state, regional, and county level data on fatal overdoses, nonfatal overdoses and drug prescribing. 


Downloadable Data

The excel files below contain all year's of available overdose data, including the most recent five years' of data which is used to create the dashboard above.

Please contact TDH.Analytics@tn.gov with questions regarding the contents of these files.

Fatal data (2013-2023)

Nonfatal data (2013-2023)

Prescription data (2013-2024)

Note: Community data from external sources are not available in the downloadable files. Please click “Methods and Data” on the dashboard to learn more about these data and how to obtain them.

Other Resources

This Page Last Updated: February 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM