Table 72. Estimated Number of Emergency Department Methamphetamine/Speed Mentions, by Metropolitan Area, 1993–2000
|
Metro area |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total U.S. |
9,926 |
17,665 |
15,936 |
11,002 |
17,154 |
11,491 |
10,447 |
13,513 |
|
Atlanta |
55 |
101 |
147 |
135 |
214 |
162 |
83 |
109 |
|
Baltimore |
5 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
|
Boston |
15 |
3 |
7 |
— |
13 |
6 |
12 |
14 |
|
Buffalo |
7 |
8 |
6 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
5 |
|
Chicago |
20 |
20 |
34 |
28 |
29 |
33 |
22 |
25 |
|
Dallas |
79 |
154 |
203 |
115 |
159 |
186 |
100 |
135 |
|
Denver |
55 |
145 |
176 |
105 |
292 |
120 |
101 |
110 |
|
Detroit |
24 |
17 |
15 |
— |
— |
0 |
— |
— |
|
LA-Long Beach |
1,226 |
1,400 |
1,276 |
1,268 |
1,229 |
786 |
910 |
1,375 |
|
Miami-Hialeah |
4 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
10 |
16 |
9 |
15 |
|
Minn.-St. Paul |
42 |
64 |
93 |
108 |
217 |
112 |
112 |
153 |
|
New Orleans |
10 |
12 |
18 |
22 |
26 |
25 |
23 |
27 |
|
New York |
16 |
21 |
23 |
21 |
32 |
36 |
17 |
31 |
|
Newark |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
3 |
6 |
|
Philadelphia |
110 |
92 |
91 |
66 |
101 |
48 |
47 |
67 |
|
Phoenix |
481 |
813 |
777 |
725 |
800 |
446 |
341 |
600 |
|
St. Louis |
29 |
52 |
76 |
39 |
67 |
66 |
104 |
162 |
|
San Diego |
929 |
913 |
686 |
666 |
976 |
721 |
584 |
747 |
|
San Francisco |
992 |
1,258 |
1,106 |
934 |
1,012 |
616 |
554 |
591 |
|
Seattle |
177 |
299 |
260 |
195 |
479 |
266 |
353 |
540 |
|
Washington, DC |
20 |
33 |
24 |
11 |
— |
16 |
33 |
62 |
|
National panel |
5,628 |
12,245 |
10,906 |
6,499 |
11,454 |
7,810 |
7,010 |
8,731 |
— Estimate does not meet standard of precision.
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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