Figures & data
Figure 1. Number of Unintentional and Undetermined benzodiazepine-positive fatal Drug overdoses in Tennessee, 2012–2021. Data is from the Tennessee death Statistical File. Counts of overdose deaths in the Tennessee death Statistical File are slightly different from State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System counts due to differing case definitions. The prescription benzodiazepine category includes deaths coded as T42.4. The illicit benzodiazepine category includes deaths with substances listed in Table A1.
Figure 2. Number of Unintentional and Undetermined benzodiazepine-positive fatal Drug overdoses in Tennessee, 2019–2021. Data is from State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System. Counts of overdose deaths in the Tennessee death Statistical File are slightly different from State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System counts due to differing case definitions.
Table 1. Demographic characteristics of benzodiazepine-positive decedents, Tennessee residents age 18 and older, TN SUDORSa2019–2021, n = 1666.
Table 2. Comparison of overdose rate for benzodiazepine-positive decedents by race, TN SUDORS 2019–2021a.
Table 3. Mental health conditions, substance use disorder history, and prior nonfatal overdose for benzodiazepine-positive overdose decedents through linkage with HDDSc data, N = 1572.
Table 4. Toxicology by class and individual substance for benzodiazepine-positive decedents, TN SUDORSa 2019–2021, N = 1666.
Table 5. Prescription information for benzodiazepine-positive deaths through linkage with CSMDa data, N = 1517.
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