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Table 70. Estimated Number of Emergency Department Heroin/Morphine Mentions, by Metropolitan Area, 1993�2000
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Metro Area
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1993
|
1994
|
1995
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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
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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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