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Table 68. Estimated Number of Emergency Department Drug Episodes, by Metropolitan Area, 1993�2000
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Metro area
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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Total U.S.
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460,910
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518,521
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513,633
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514,347
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527,058
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542,544
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554,932
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601,776
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Atlanta
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7,728
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10,828
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11,063
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9,400
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8,004
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10,722
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10,195
|
11,114
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Baltimore
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13,474
|
15,862
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15,966
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15,994
|
12,755
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13,736
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14,172
|
11,505
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Boston
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12,644
|
15,225
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16,073
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13,539
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12,229
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13,657
|
11,669
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14,902
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Buffalo
|
2,522
|
2,926
|
2,714
|
3,587
|
2,812
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2,683
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2,711
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2,899
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Chicago
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17,978
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21,511
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21,885
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23,524
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26,891
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26,209
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26,158
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30,330
|
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Dallas
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4,739
|
5,160
|
5,230
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4,978
|
6,195
|
7,198
|
6,245
|
6,798
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Denver
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3,791
|
5,034
|
4,609
|
3,419
|
4,338
|
4,091
|
4,816
|
4,946
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Detroit
|
19,169
|
17,162
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18,630
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20,822
|
17,604
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17,483
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16,126
|
17,042
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L.A.-Long Beach
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20,611
|
19,256
|
19,260
|
20,278
|
17,187
|
17,103
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20,678
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25,288
|
|
Miami-Hialeah
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5,588
|
5,849
|
6,421
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6,292
|
6,285
|
6,426
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7,128
|
8,560
|
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Minn.-St. Paul
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4,558
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4,611
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4,327
|
4,836
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4,974
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4,348
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4,643
|
5,198
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New Orleans
|
4,092
|
4,739
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5,868
|
5,844
|
5,209
|
5,091
|
4,459
|
4,664
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New York
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45,116
|
43,127
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40,792
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40,471
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37,116
|
36,142
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30,662
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31,885
|
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Newark
|
9,216
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9,395
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10,870
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9,909
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8,893
|
8,944
|
8,301
|
7,749
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Philadelphia
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19,801
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17,711
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20,502
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21,634
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23,229
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24,928
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24,413
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23,433
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Phoenix
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5,930
|
6,879
|
7,913
|
7,434
|
7,327
|
7,060
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8,293
|
9,072
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St. Louis
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4,020
|
6,039
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5,662
|
6,188
|
5,664
|
5,719
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6,336
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6,908
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San Diego
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5,310
|
5,051
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4,661
|
5,811
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6,754
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6,982
|
7,036
|
7,094
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San Francisco
|
11,763
|
11,766
|
10,165
|
9,536
|
9,424
|
9,070
|
8,930
|
7,857
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Seattle
|
7,266
|
10,049
|
8,517
|
8,476
|
10,593
|
8,332
|
8,426
|
11,116
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Washington, DC
|
12,339
|
14,152
|
11,830
|
11,720
|
11,194
|
11,596
|
10,282
|
10,303
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National panel
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223,256
|
266,189
|
260,674
|
260,654
|
282,380
|
295,023
|
313,254
|
343,112
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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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