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Table 69. Estimated Number of Emergency Department Cocaine Mentions, 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
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
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Total
U.S.
|
123,423
|
142,878
|
135,801
|
152,433
|
161,087
|
172,014
|
168,763
|
174,896
|
|
Atlanta
|
4,384
|
6,165
|
6,515
|
5,434
|
4,244
|
5,980
|
5,236
|
6,229
|
|
Baltimore
|
7,643
|
8,882
|
8,603
|
8,515
|
6,253
|
6,871
|
6,921
|
4,943
|
|
Boston
|
3,912
|
4,715
|
5,267
|
4,109
|
3,333
|
4,526
|
3,560
|
4,101
|
|
Buffalo
|
974
|
1,207
|
1,334
|
2,203
|
1,526
|
1,225
|
1,119
|
1,018
|
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Chicago
|
8,640
|
10,797
|
10,702
|
12,688
|
14,373
|
13,640
|
13,399
|
14,871
|
|
Dallas
|
1,345
|
1,426
|
1,457
|
1,393
|
1,778
|
2,586
|
2,107
|
2,180
|
|
Denver
|
968
|
1,299
|
1,149
|
811
|
1,072
|
1,254
|
1,382
|
1,342
|
|
Detroit
|
8,991
|
7,964
|
8,767
|
10,435
|
8,093
|
8,617
|
7,699
|
7,870
|
|
L.A.-Long
Beach
|
5,362
|
5,070
|
4,985
|
5,710
|
4,707
|
5,783
|
6,772
|
9,111
|
|
Miami-Hialeah
|
2,662
|
2,742
|
3,078
|
3,104
|
3,254
|
3,553
|
4,018
|
4,381
|
|
Minn.-St.
Paul
|
457
|
578
|
465
|
675
|
736
|
773
|
814
|
841
|
|
New
Orleans
|
1,686
|
1,884
|
2,018
|
2,380
|
2,363
|
2,396
|
2,140
|
1,998
|
|
New
York
|
21,085
|
20,214
|
19,724
|
21,592
|
20,202
|
19,549
|
14,799
|
14,250
|
|
Newark
|
3,825
|
4,228
|
4,658
|
4,436
|
3,571
|
3,743
|
3,124
|
2,726
|
|
Philadelphia
|
9,943
|
8,446
|
9,502
|
10,384
|
11,202
|
13,049
|
12,434
|
10,497
|
|
Phoenix
|
838
|
1,067
|
1,165
|
1,382
|
1,334
|
1,486
|
1,882
|
1,778
|
|
St.
Louis
|
1,220
|
2,329
|
1,841
|
1,852
|
1,494
|
2,073
|
2,329
|
2,403
|
|
San
Diego
|
869
|
668
|
644
|
906
|
846
|
971
|
1,063
|
1,002
|
|
San
Francisco
|
3,035
|
3,123
|
2,560
|
2,315
|
1,979
|
1,843
|
1,936
|
2,056
|
|
Seattle
|
1,760
|
2,896
|
2,157
|
2,143
|
2,850
|
2,399
|
2,520
|
3,338
|
|
Washington,
DC
|
4,275
|
4,849
|
3,542
|
3,881
|
3,223
|
3,718
|
3,150
|
2,830
|
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National
panel
|
29,550
|
42,330
|
35,668
|
46,085
|
62,654
|
66,078
|
70,361
|
75,129
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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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