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Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA

Drug-related deaths reported to DAWN 181
Drug-related suicide deaths reported to DAWN 27
Metro area population, 2010 5,475,218
Population covered by DAWN 2,070,435
Percent of population covered by DAWN 38%

Metro area overview: Deaths and population by county, 2010
County Drug-related Drug-related suicide Population
Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
Area did not participate in DAWN this year.
Total participating (6) 181 8.7 27 1.3 2,070,435
1. Barrow County, GA - - - - 72,159
2. Bartow County, GA - - - - 96,229
3. Butts County, GA - - - - 24,394
4. Carroll County, GA 18 15.7 1 0.9 114,779
5. Cherokee County, GA - - - - 215,102
6. Clayton County, GA - - - - 275,769
7. Cobb County, GA - - - - 714,695
8. Coweta County, GA - - - - 127,120
9. Dawson County, GA - - - - 22,559
10. DeKalb County, GA - - - - 747,223
11. Douglas County, GA - - - - 129,715
12. Fayette County, GA - - - - 106,804
13. Forsyth County, GA - - - - 174,537
14. Fulton County, GA 100 9.7 12 1.2 1,033,612
15. Gwinnett County, GA 50 6.2 13 1.6 808,213
16. Haralson County, GA - - - - 28,893
17. Heard County, GA 2 17.3 1 8.7 11,530
18. Henry County, GA - - - - 195,397
19. Jasper County, GA - - - - 13,955
20. Lamar County, GA - - - - 17,553
21. Meriwether County, GA - - - - 22,784
22. Newton County, GA - - - - 99,950
23. Paulding County, GA - - - - 136,664
24. Pickens County, GA - - - - 31,259
25. Pike County, GA 0 0.0 0 0.0 17,722
26. Rockdale County, GA 11 13.0 0 0.0 84,580
27. Spalding County, GA - - - - 64,714
28. Walton County, GA - - - - 87,309

End Notes

1. Drug-related deaths exclude suicides.
2. All death rates are per 100,000 population.
3. An asterisk (*) signifies that a small number of deaths was suppressed to protect privacy.
4. A dash (-) represents a blank cell.
SOURCE: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, SAMHSA, Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2010.

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