Key points
The CDC Injury Center prioritizes funding for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), overdose, and suicide. This page shows how funds were appropriated in the state of Texas in FY23.
Overdose prevention funding - Texas
There were 107,986 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2022 (34.6 deaths per 100,000 standard population), a 1.2% increase from 2021.1
- There were 5,489 overdose deaths in Texas in 20222
- There were 18.2 overdose deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in Texas in 20222
Total overdose prevention funding in Texas
Overdose prevention programs
- Overdose Data to Action in States
- Texas Department of State Health Services: $3,947,634
- Texas Department of State Health Services: $3,947,634
- Overdose Data to action: LOCAL
- Dallas County Health and Human Services: $2,225,000
- Harris County Public Health: $2,231,063
- Dallas County Health and Human Services: $2,225,000
- Public Health and Public Safety
- Overdose Response Strategy: $87,600*
- Overdose Response Strategy: $87,600*
*average award amount
Examples of how Texas is working to prevent overdose
Centralized overdose surveillance dashboard
Harris County centralized all data sources of interest related to substance use in the county (i.e., Essence Syndromic Surveillance, Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, and the Institute of Forensic Science) to analyze both non-fatal and fatal overdoses in one database. The comprehensive dashboard is publicly available.
Emergency department trends and surveillance efforts
The Harris County Public Health Department worked in conjunction with the Overdose Data to Action surveillance team to develop reports that highlight emergency department trends related to specific areas of interest (i.e., opioids, heroin, crack, cocaine, marijuana, EMS overdose) in real-time or over a specific time frame.
Suicide prevention funding - Texas
- There were 4,368 suicide deaths in Texas in 2022
- There were 14.4 suicide deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in Texas in 2022
Total suicide prevention funding in Texas
Suicide prevention programs
- Comprehensive Suicide Prevention
- Bexar County Hospital District: $949,418
- Bexar County Hospital District: $949,418
- Veteran Suicide Prevention
- Combined Arms: $44,733
- Combined Arms: $44,733
Texas suicide prevention priorities
Texas is preventing suicide with CDC Injury Center funding by:A
- Creating protective environments
- Teaching coping and problem-solving skills
- Identifying and supporting people at risk
- Strengthening access and delivery of suicide care
- This snapshot reflects suicide prevention priorities and activities under Year 1 funding of the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention (CSP) Program. This information is subject to change. For additional information, please see CSP: Program Profiles.
- Spencer MR, Miniño AM, Warner M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 2001–2021. NCHS Data Brief, no 457. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:122556
- NVSS – Drug Overdose Deaths