Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA

Drug-related deaths reported to DAWN	180
Drug-related suicide deaths reported to DAWN	22
Metro area population, 2007	5,278,904
Population covered by DAWN	2,195,477
Percent of population covered by DAWN	42%

Metro area overview: Deaths and population by county, 2007

Metro area component	Drug-related		Drug-related suicide		Population
	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate
* Area did not participate in DAWN this year.
Total participating (7)	180	8.2	22	1.0	2,195,477
1. Barrow County, GA*					67,139
2. Bartow County, GA*					92,834
3. Butts County, GA*					23,759
4. Carroll County, GA	20	17.9	1	0.9	111,954
5. Cherokee County, GA	7	3.4	1	0.5	204,363
6. Clayton County, GA*					272,217
7. Cobb County, GA*					691,905
8. Coweta County, GA*					118,936
9. Dawson County, GA*					21,484
10. DeKalb County, GA*					737,093
11. Douglas County, GA*					124,495
12. Fayette County, GA*					106,144
13. Forsyth County, GA*					158,914
14. Fulton County, GA	102	10.3	6	0.6	992,137
15. Gwinnett County, GA	35	4.5	11	1.4	776,380
16. Haralson County, GA*					28,718
17. Heard County, GA	3	26.3	1	8.8	11,387
18. Henry County, GA*					186,037
19. Jasper County, GA*					13,660
20. Lamar County, GA*					16,961
21. Meriwether County, GA*					22,748
22. Newton County, GA*					96,019
23. Paulding County, GA*					127,906
24. Pickens County, GA*					30,488
25. Pike County, GA	1	5.8	0	0.0	17,204
26. Rockdale County, GA	12	14.6	2	2.4	82,052
27. Spalding County, GA*					62,826
28. Walton County, GA*					83,144