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National Drug Control Strategy
Update 2003

February 2003

Table 76. Estimated Number of Emergency Department Methamphetamine/Speed Mentions, by Metropolitan Area, 1993–2001

Metro area 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total U.S. 9,926 17,537 15,933 11,002 17,154 11,486 10,447 13,505 14,923
Atlanta 55 95 147 135 214 162 83 109 172
Baltimore 5 4 4 6 7 6 10 6 6
Boston 15 4 7 13 6 12 14 14
Buffalo 7 8 6 9 8 9 7 5 4
Chicago 20 17 34 28 29 31 22 45
Dallas 79 152 203 115 159 186 100 135 111
Denver 55 139 175 105 292 120 101 110 98
Detroit 24 17 15 22 0
LA-Long Beach 1,226 1,399 1,276 1,268 1,229 786 910 1,375 1,517
Miami-Hialeah 4 8 5 9 10 16 9 15 27
Minn.-St. Paul 42 57 93 108 217 109 112 153 321
New Orleans 10 12 18 22 26 25 23 27
New York 16 21 23 21 32 36 17 31
Newark 1 7 6 0
Philadelphia 110 91 91 66 101 48 47 67 60
Phoenix 481 802 777 725 800 446 341 600 604
St. Louis 29 51 76 39 67 66 104 162 115
San Diego 929 911 686 666 976 721 584 747 673
San Francisco 992 1,301 1,106 934 1,012 616 554 591 611
Seattle 177 309 258 195 479 266 353 540 395
Washington, D.C 20 33 24 11 16 33 62 24
National panel 5,628 12,106 10,909 6,518 11,483 7,808 7,025 8,750 10,126
— 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: 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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