| Drug-related deaths reported to DAWN | 204 |
| Drug-related suicide deaths reported to DAWN | 37 |
| Metro area population, 2008 | 5,376,285 |
| Population covered by DAWN | 2,240,915 |
| Percent of population covered by DAWN | 42% |
| Counties | Drug-related | Drug-related suicide | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | ||
| * Area did not participate in DAWN this year. | |||||
| Total participating (7) | 204 | 9.1 | 37 | 1.7 | 2,240,915 |
| 1. Barrow County, GA* | 70,073 | ||||
| 2. Bartow County, GA* | 94,913 | ||||
| 3. Butts County, GA* | 24,423 | ||||
| 4. Carroll County, GA | 30 | 26.4 | 2 | 1.8 | 113,688 |
| 5. Cherokee County, GA | 11 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 210,529 |
| 6. Clayton County, GA* | 273,718 | ||||
| 7. Cobb County, GA* | 698,158 | ||||
| 8. Coweta County, GA* | 122,924 | ||||
| 9. Dawson County, GA* | 22,006 | ||||
| 10. DeKalb County, GA* | 739,956 | ||||
| 11. Douglas County, GA* | 127,932 | ||||
| 12. Fayette County, GA* | 106,465 | ||||
| 13. Forsyth County, GA* | 168,060 | ||||
| 14. Fulton County, GA | 122 | 12.0 | 18 | 1.8 | 1,014,932 |
| 15. Gwinnett County, GA | 33 | 4.2 | 15 | 1.9 | 789,499 |
| 16. Haralson County, GA* | 28,979 | ||||
| 17. Heard County, GA | 2 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 11,476 |
| 18. Henry County, GA* | 191,502 | ||||
| 19. Jasper County, GA* | 13,842 | ||||
| 20. Lamar County, GA* | 17,000 | ||||
| 21. Meriwether County, GA* | 22,840 | ||||
| 22. Newton County, GA* | 98,542 | ||||
| 23. Paulding County, GA* | 133,135 | ||||
| 24. Pickens County, GA* | 31,176 | ||||
| 25. Pike County, GA | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17,569 |
| 26. Rockdale County, GA | 6 | 7.2 | 2 | 2.4 | 83,222 |
| 27. Spalding County, GA* | 63,913 | ||||
| 28. Walton County, GA* | 85,813 | ||||
