Table 69. Estimated Number of Emergency Department Cocaine Mentions, by Metropolitan Area, 1993–2000
|
Metro Area |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
National panel |
29,550 |
42,330 |
35,668 |
46,085 |
62,654 |
66,078 |
70,361 |
75,129 |
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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