SOS How To Guide

How to Use

Authorized stakeholders can use SOS to: 

  • Receive email alerts if suspected overdoses exceed a pre-determined threshold
  • Look at county and select city-level summaries of year-to-date suspected overdose counts and rates
  • Display time trends in suspected overdoses within a given county and select cities
  • Examine approximate location trends in suspected overdoses within a county and select cities
  • Assess demographic breakdowns of suspected overdose victims within a given county and time frame
  • Analyze temporal and spatial trends, restricted to a user-selected demographic, time period, and county
  • View demographics and place-based landmarks presented as data overlays on the interactive map
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Introduction + Home Page: 00:00-02:09
Authorized User Dashboard Introduction: 02:10-03:04

Data Pages:
Indicators on total overdoses + Interactive map: 03:07-05:54
Bar graphs of overdoses: 05:56
Demographic data: 06:34
Tables of overdose incidents: 07:49
Navigational Panel: 08:27-10:10
Census tract + Points of interest: 10:12-13:21
Print Function: 13:22-14:06
Surge alerts: 14:08-16:09
Closing statements: 16:10-16:15

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