Austin Public Health (APH) has published a new dashboard that will help community members access and view data on opioid overdoses. These efforts are part of preventing new overdoses – and especially deaths. “This dashboard is part of an ongoing commitment by Austin Public Health and community partners to prevent the incidence of opioid-related overdoses and deaths, especially for populations at higher risk,” said Austin-Travis County Health Authority Dr. Desmar Walkes. “By giving the public facts about the number of opioid overdoses in our community as well as the distribution of Naloxone and Narcan, we can raise awareness of how opioid overdoses are ravaging our families, friends, neighbors and loved ones, hopefully leading to greater action to help prevent overdoses.”
To learn more about how you can recognize and prevent opioid overdoses, please visit www.one-dose.org.
The dashboard covers important opioid overdose data in Austin and Travis County, including:
- Non-fatal opioid overdoses
- Non-fatal opioid overdose hospitalizations
- Fatal opioid overdoses
- Naloxone/Narcan distribution from Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services, Austin Public Health, and Travis County Health and Human Services
- Naloxone/Narcan administration, as reported by Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services
- Numbers of patients treated in the Buprenorphine Bridge Program (BBP)
The data represented in the dashboard is gathered from sources including:
- Austin/Travis County EMS (ATCEMS)
- Texas Syndromic Surveillance (TxS2)
- Texas Hospital Inpatient Discharge Public Use Data File, Texas Department of State Health Services
- Travis County Health and Human Services
- Travis County Medical Examiner
You can view the opioid overdose dashboard here.
