Table 70. Estimated Number of Emergency Department Heroin/Morphine Mentions, by
Metropolitan Area, 1993–2000
|
Metro Area |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total U.S. |
63,232 |
64,013 |
70,838 |
73,846 |
72,010 |
77,645 |
84,409 |
97,287 |
|
Atlanta |
250 |
456 |
424 |
414 |
400 |
483 |
432 |
507 |
|
Baltimore |
5,719 |
7,510 |
8,222 |
8,111 |
5,873 |
6,725 |
7,013 |
5,414 |
|
Boston |
2,319 |
2,527 |
2,971 |
2,751 |
2,517 |
2,756 |
2,874 |
3,888 |
|
Buffalo |
279 |
355 |
385 |
448 |
471 |
545 |
525 |
687 |
|
Chicago |
3,581 |
4,787 |
4,725 |
6,282 |
8,633 |
9,383 |
9,725 |
12,564 |
|
Dallas |
297 |
237 |
276 |
347 |
516 |
512 |
444 |
492 |
|
Denver |
276 |
495 |
470 |
344 |
476 |
509 |
651 |
682 |
|
Detroit |
2,380 |
2,106 |
2,401 |
3,214 |
3,046 |
2,901 |
2,678 |
3,369 |
|
L.A.-Long Beach |
3,724 |
2,949 |
3,088 |
3,305 |
2,532 |
2,631 |
2,955 |
3,225 |
|
Miami-Hialeah |
251 |
264 |
336 |
391 |
599 |
772 |
921 |
1,459 |
|
Minn.-St. Paul |
138 |
78 |
106 |
127 |
170 |
177 |
207 |
237 |
|
New Orleans |
140 |
179 |
274 |
308 |
431 |
534 |
664 |
996 |
|
New York |
11,351 |
11,185 |
10,728 |
11,167 |
9,491 |
9,244 |
9,331 |
11,028 |
|
Newark |
4,526 |
4,498 |
5,686 |
5,392 |
4,367 |
5,080 |
4,736 |
4,401 |
|
Philadelphia |
2,478 |
2,440 |
3,879 |
3,941 |
3,817 |
3,586 |
4,152 |
4,719 |
|
Phoenix |
487 |
483 |
490 |
635 |
832 |
893 |
877 |
899 |
|
St. Louis |
215 |
408 |
394 |
502 |
472 |
644 |
876 |
1,111 |
|
San Diego |
842 |
695 |
691 |
982 |
927 |
1,011 |
1,112 |
1,070 |
|
San Francisco |
3,694 |
3,555 |
3,139 |
3,157 |
2,751 |
2,386 |
3,074 |
2,773 |
|
Seattle |
1,727 |
2,092 |
2,034 |
2,442 |
2,922 |
2,439 |
2,488 |
2,522 |
|
Washington, DC |
1,414 |
1,261 |
1,307 |
1,535 |
1,691 |
2,112 |
1,794 |
1,967 |
|
National panel |
17,146 |
15,437 |
18,813 |
18,052 |
19,074 |
22,323 |
26,880 |
33,277 |
Note: These estimates are based on a representative sample of non-Federal short-stay hospitals with 24-hour emergency departments in the coterminous United States.
Source: Office of Applied Studies, Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2000 (March 2001 update).
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