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National Drug Control Strategy
Update 2003
February 2003
Table 73. Estimated Number of Emergency Department Cocaine Mentions, by Metropolitan Area, 1993–2001
| Metro
Area |
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
|
Total U.S. |
123,423 |
143,337 |
135,711 |
152,420 |
161,083 |
172,011 |
168,751 |
174,881 |
193,034 |
| Atlanta
|
4,384 |
6,190 |
6,515 |
5,434 |
4,244 |
5,980 |
5,236 |
6,229 |
8,891 |
| Baltimore
|
7,643 |
8,882 |
8,603 |
8,515 |
6,253 |
6,871 |
6,921 |
4,943 |
4,930 |
| Boston
|
3,912 |
4,810 |
5,267 |
4,106 |
3,332 |
4,526 |
3,560 |
4,099 |
4,933 |
| Buffalo
|
974 |
1,136 |
1,333 |
2,203 |
1,526 |
1,225 |
1,119 |
1,018 |
1,220 |
| Chicago
|
8,640 |
10,733 |
10,702 |
12,688 |
14,373 |
13,642 |
13,399 |
14,879 |
16,202 |
| Dallas
|
1,345 |
1,442 |
1,457 |
1,393 |
1,778 |
2,586 |
2,106 |
2,180 |
1,770 |
| Denver
|
968 |
1,273 |
1,144 |
811 |
1,072 |
1,154 |
1,382 |
1,342 |
1,343 |
| Detroit
|
8,991 |
8268 |
8,763 |
10,435 |
8,093 |
8,617 |
7,699 |
7,870 |
7,730 |
| L.A.-Long
Beach |
5,362 |
5,069 |
4,980 |
5,708 |
4,703 |
5,779 |
6,768 |
9,094 |
9,999 |
| Miami-Hialeah
|
2,662 |
2,748 |
3,078 |
3,104 |
3,254 |
3,553 |
4,018 |
4,383 |
4,641 |
| Minn.-St.
Paul |
457 |
562 |
465 |
674 |
736 |
775 |
814 |
841 |
1,105 |
| New
Orleans |
1,686 |
1,883 |
2,018 |
2,380 |
2,363 |
2,395 |
2,139 |
1,998 |
1,422 |
| New
York |
21,085 |
20,145 |
19,715 |
21,592 |
20,202 |
19,549 |
14,799 |
14,250 |
13,898 |
| Newark
|
3,825 |
4,228 |
4,658 |
4,436 |
3,571 |
3,743 |
3,124 |
2,726 |
2,631 |
| Philadelphia
|
9,943 |
8,481 |
9,502 |
10,383 |
11,202 |
13,048 |
12,434 |
10,497 |
11,358 |
| Phoenix
|
838 |
1,057 |
1,165 |
1,382 |
1,337 |
1,486 |
1,877 |
1,775 |
1,752 |
| St.
Louis |
1,220 |
2,329 |
1,841 |
1,852 |
1,494 |
2,073 |
2,329 |
2,403 |
3,080 |
| San
Diego |
869 |
667 |
644 |
906 |
844 |
971 |
1,063 |
1,002 |
812 |
| San
Francisco |
3,035 |
3,227 |
2,560 |
2,310 |
1,979 |
1,843 |
1,935 |
2,054 |
2,482 |
| Seattle
|
1,760 |
3,029 |
2,158 |
2,143 |
2,850 |
2,399 |
2,519 |
3,338 |
3,409 |
| Washington,
D.C. |
4,275 |
4,849 |
3,542 |
3,881 |
3,223 |
3,718 |
3,150 |
2,830 |
2,894 |
| National
panel |
29,550 |
42,329 |
35,601 |
46,084 |
62,654 |
66,078 |
70,360 |
75,130 |
86,532 |
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: Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies,
Emergency Department Trends From the Drug Abuse Warning
Network, Final Estimates 1994–2001 (August 2002).
Data for 1993 is from Year-End 2000 Emergency Department
Data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (July 2001).
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Last Updated: May 7, 2003
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