NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE EPIDEMIOLOGIC ...

EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRENDS IN DRUG ABUSE—Philadelphia
Exhibit 6. Heroin, Illegal Methadone, and Other Opiate Treatment Admissions in Philadelphia by Route of
Administration and Gender: 2000–First Half 2004
2000 2001 2002 2003 1 1H 2004 1
Route of Administration
and Gender No. (%) No. (%) No. No. No. (%) No. (%)
Injected
Male
Female
Intranasal
Male
Female
Swallowed
Male
Female
Smoked
Male
Female
Other/Unknown
Male
Female
Total Male
Total Female
870
408
411
266
45
42
37
11
(41.2)
(19.3)
(19.4)
(12.6)
(2.1)
(2.0)
(1.8)
(0.5)
1,917
805
733
577
99
55
63
40
(43.9)
(18.4)
(16.8)
(13.2)
(2.3)
(1.3)
(1.4)
(0.9)
1,219
541
(42.5)
(18.9)
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564
260
114
66
44
17
(19.7)
(9.1)
(4.0)
(2.3)
(1.5)
(0.6)
974
519
479
247
113
64
35
15
(38.7)
(20.6)
(19.0)
(9.8)
(4.5)
(2.5)
(1.4)
(0.6)
431
228
225
113
40
31
12
7
(36.4)
(19.3)
(19.0)
(9.6)
13 (0.6) 49 (1.1) 32 (1.1) 48 (1.9) 59 (5.0)
11 (0.5) 33 (0.8) 9 (0.3) 25 (1.0) 37 (3.1)
1,376 (65.1) 2,861 (65.5) 1,973 (68.8) 1,649 (65.5) 767 (64.8)
738 (34.9) 1,510 (34.5) 893 (31.2) 870 (34.5) 416 (35.2)
Total 2,114 4,371 2,866 2,519 1,183
1 Data for these time periods are preliminary and subject to revision.
SOURCE: Pennsylvania Department of Health, Client Information System
Exhibit 7. Adult AIDS Cases in Philadelphia by Exposure Category: Fiscal Year 2004 and Cumulative
Totals Through June 30, 2004
Exposure
July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004 November 1, 1981, to June 30, 2004
Category Number Percent Number Percent
IDU 294 (29.5) 6,121 (35.9)
MSM and IDU 21 (2.1) 885 (5.2)
MSM 252 (25.3) 6,435 (37.8)
Heterosexual Contact
426 (42.7) 3,282 (19.3)
Blood Products 3 (0.3) 92 (0.5)
No Identified Risk
Factor
1 (0.1) 213 (1.3)
Total Adult Cases 997 (100.0) 17,028 (100.0)
SOURCE: Philadelphia Department of Public Health, AIDS Activities Coordinating Office
(3.4)
(2.6)
(1.0)
(0.6)