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EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRENDS IN DRUG ABUSE—St. Louis
Exhibit 1a. Combined Indicators for Cocaine, Heroin, Marijuana, and Methamphetamine in St. Louis:
1996−June 2004
Indicator
Number of Deaths by Year
Cocaine Heroin Marijuana
Methamphetamine
1996 93 51 NA 1 9
1997 43 67 NA 11
1998 47 56 NA 9
1999 51 44 NA 4
2000 66 47 NA 9
2001 75 20 NA 3
2002 76 50 NA –
2003 78 61 NA --- 2
DAWN ED Data—Weighted Data
Number of Mentions (2002) 3,536 1,167 2,866 150
Number of Mentions (2001) 3,080 1,309 2,311 115
Rate per 100,000 Population (2002) 153 51 124 7
Gender of Mentions (%) (2002)
Male
Female
Age (%) (2002)
12–17
18–34
35 and older
Race (%) (2002)
White
African-American
Hispanic
Other/unknown
Route of Administration (%) (Last update-2000)
Smoking
Intranasal
Injection
Unknown/other
DAWN Live! ED Data—Unweighted Data 4
63.3
36.1
1.5
36.9
61.5
39.1
56.3
0.6
2.9
62.3
25.9
7.0
4.8
Number of Reports (2004) 1,551 560 2,866 150
Gender of Reports (%) (2004)
Male
Female
Age (%) (2004)
12–17
18–34
35 and older
Race (%) (2004)
White
African-American
Hispanic
Other/unknown
Route of Administration (%) (1H 2004)
Smoking
Intranasal
Injection
Unknown/other
64.0
36.0
1.5
40.0
58.5
51.5
49.5
0.0
0.0
93.0
4.0
1.5
1.1
1 NA=Not applicable.
2 Dashes (---) indicate than an estimate has been suppressed because of incomplete data.
3 Dots (…) indicate that an estimate with a relative standard error greater than 50 percent has been suppressed.
4 The unweighted data are from 15 to 18 St. Louis EDs reporting to DAWN. All DAWN cases are reviewed for quality control. Based
on this review, cases may be corrected or deleted and, therefore, are subject to change.
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63.8
36.2
1.4
56.0
42.4
55.6
39.9
… 3
3.1
6.4
22.2
71.5
–
69.2
30.8