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EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRENDS IN DRUG ABUSE—New York City
Exhibit 3. Semiannual Heroin Trends for Selected Indicator Data in New York City: 1995–2004
Year
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
SOURCES:
Semiannual/
Annual
Period
Deaths
Involving
Heroin 1
1H
2H
Total
751
1H
2H
Total
192
1H
2H
Total
272
1H
2H
Total
230
1H
2H
Total
174
1H
2H
Total 194
1H
2H
–
Total
1H
2H
Total 224
1H
2H
Total
1H
2H
Total
Heroin/
Morphine
ED Men-
tions 2
5,288
5,440
10,706
5,654
5,478
11,132
4,900
4,581
9,481
4,613
4,605
9,218
4,153
5,150
9,302
5,378
5,630
11,009
5,428
5,216
10,644
4,954
5,443
10,397
Treatment Admissions:
Heroin as
Primary Drug of
Abuse 3
9,286
9,001
18,287
9,161
9,617
18,778
10,276
10,431
20,707
10,793
10,203
20,996
10,690
10,189
20,879
10,944
10,672
21,616
11,324
11,455
22,779
11,357
11,157
Heroin
Arrests 4
38,131
37,901
35,325
37,483
32,949
33,665
27,863
Average
Purity of
Street Heroin
(%) 5
(69.4)
(56.3)
(62.5)
(63.6)
(61.8)
(62.9)
(56.0)
22,514 34,098 (61.4)
11,540
12,023
23,563
11,878
(53.5)
1
DAWN, OAS, SAMHSA, including New York City, Long Island, and Putnam County through 1995 (Starting with 1996,
the data include New York City only. Prior to 1996, the data include heroin/morphine deaths as well as opiates not
specified by type. Beginning with 1996, the data include only heroin/morphine deaths.)
2
DAWN, OAS, SAMHSA, weighted data, based on a representative sample of hospitals for New York City and Westchester,
Rockland, and Putnam Counties
3
New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS)-funded and nonfunded treatment
admissions
4
New York City Police Department
5
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, Vol. II, January 2005