| Drug-related deaths reported to DAWN | 182 |
| Drug-related suicide deaths reported to DAWN | 23 |
| Metro area population, 2009 | 5,475,213 |
| Population covered by DAWN | 2,285,603 |
| Percent of population covered by DAWN | 42% |
| County | Drug-related | Drug-related suicide | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | ||
| † Area did not participate in DAWN this year. | |||||
| Total participating (7) | 182 | 8.0 | 23 | 1.0 | 2,285,603 |
| 1. Barrow County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 72,158 |
| 2. Bartow County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 96,217 |
| 3. Butts County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 24,392 |
| 4. Carroll County, GA | 31 | 27.0 | 1 | 0.9 | 114,778 |
| 5. Cherokee County, GA | 6 | 2.8 | 2 | 0.9 | 215,084 |
| 6. Clayton County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 275,772 |
| 7. Cobb County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 714,692 |
| 8. Coweta County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 127,111 |
| 9. Dawson County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 22,555 |
| 10. DeKalb County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 747,274 |
| 11. Douglas County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 129,703 |
| 12. Fayette County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 106,788 |
| 13. Forsyth County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 174,520 |
| 14. Fulton County, GA | 94 | 9.1 | 8 | 0.8 | 1,033,756 |
| 15. Gwinnett County, GA | 41 | 5.1 | 9 | 1.1 | 808,167 |
| 16. Haralson County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 28,890 |
| 17. Heard County, GA | 2 | 17.3 | 1 | 8.7 | 11,528 |
| 18. Henry County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 195,370 |
| 19. Jasper County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 13,953 |
| 20. Lamar County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 17,550 |
| 21. Meriwether County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 22,783 |
| 22. Newton County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 99,944 |
| 23. Paulding County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 136,655 |
| 24. Pickens County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 31,264 |
| 25. Pike County, GA | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 17,721 |
| 26. Rockdale County, GA | 8 | 9.5 | 1 | 1.2 | 84,569 |
| 27. Spalding County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 64,708 |
| 28. Walton County, GA† | - | - | - | - | 87,311 |
