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