Emerging Threats

• Public Health Alert - Medetomidine 2024-06-18
• Public Health Alert - Carfentanil 2024-06-07
• Drug Checking Data

Suicide and Self-Harm Syndromic Surveillance and Alert

• Multi-disciplinary team working to prevent and respond to suicide and nonfatal suicidal behaviors.
• Resources
  • New York State (Excluding New York City) Nonfatal Suicide-Related Syndromic Suveillance Annual Data Brief, 2023 (PDF)
  • Suicide and Overdose Syndromic Surveillance: Reading CuSum and SatScan Alerts
  • 2022 Annual Brief: NYS Emergency Department Surveillance of Nonfatal Suicide-Related Outcomes

Surveillance

State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS)

SUDORS is an enhanced public health surveillance reporting system that aims to collect comprehensive information including the circumstances surrounding the overdose death to inform public health action. For more information, visit:

• About the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) | Overdose Prevention | CDC
  • Annual Report, 2023
  • SUDORS Dashboard: Fatal Drug Overdose Data | Overdose Prevention | CDC

New York State Opioid Dashboard

The New York State Department of Health Opioid Data Dashboard is an interactive visual presentation of indicators tracking opioid data at state and county levels. It is a key resource for monitoring fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses, opioid prescribing, opioid use disorder treatment, and the overall opioid overdose burden.

• New York State Opioid Data Dashboard

New York State County Quarterly Reports (Provisional Data)

Please note that the data presented in these reports are considered preliminary by the New York State Department of Health and should be used and interpreted with caution. Subsequent quarterly reports may contain figures, which differ from a previous report due to additional confirmations.

• County Opioid Quarterly Reports
• Archived New York State County Opioid Quarterly Reports

New York State Opioid Data to Action Reports

The Data to Action Reports are short communications on important topics that provide specific opioid-related data to mobilize public health action. Reports include key messages, quick facts describing the topics, figures illustrating relevant data, language describing recommendations, evidence-based approaches, and suggested actions and resources.

• Xylazine Awareness in New York State, 2021
• New York State (excluding New York City) Overdose Data To Action (OD2A) syndromic surveillance opioid overdose 2021 annual data brief
• Pre-hospital Care Reports – Improving Data Reporting and Data Quality Supports Public Health Response in New York State, 2015-2021
• Continuous buprenorphine prescriptions for 6 months or more for the treatment of opioid use disorder in New York State, 2017-2021
• Overdose Deaths Involving Methamphetamine With and Without Fentanyl in New York State, Outside of New York City, 2016-2020
• Buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorders (OUD) in New York State, 2016-2019
• Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine With and Without Opioids in New York State, 2010-2019
• Opioid-related Mortality and Public Perceptions in New York State
• Fentanyl-related deaths in New York State outside of New York City, 2015-2017