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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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