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EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRENDS IN DRUG ABUSE—Seattle-King County Area
Exhibit 6b. Proportion of Drug-Involved Deaths Due to a Single Drug in King County, Washington, Related
to Illicit and Prescription Drugs: 1997–June 2004
Single Drug Identified
Cocaine
Heroin/
Opiate
Other
Opiate
Amphetamine Depressant
Muscle
Relaxant
1997 H1 19 52 0 0 20 0
1997 H2 17 43 7 50 12 0
1998 H1 19 48 32 100 8 0
1998 H2 7 43 21 0 12 0
1999 H1 17 44 17 0 13 0
1999 H2 18 41 33 50 23 0
2000 H1 33 39 23 0 16 0
2000 H2 37 42 17 50 7 0
2001 H1 14 21 11 33 4 0
2001 H2 20 33 20 0 0 0
2002 H1 27 27 8 0 0 0
2002 H2 10 15 8 33 0 0
2003 H1 22 14 8 33 6 0
2003 H2 14 9 4 44 3 0
2004 H1 21 9 8 29 5 0
Average 20 35 13 31 7 0
Range (Min, Max) (7, 37) (9, 52) (0, 33) (0, 100) (0, 23) (0, 0)
SOURCE: Medical Examiners Office, Public Health – Seattle & King County
Exhibit 6c. Demographics of Drug-Involved Deaths in King County, Washington, Related to Illicit and
Prescription Drugs, by Percent: 1997–June 2004
Demographic Cocaine
Heroin/
Opiate
Other
Opiate
Amphetamine
Depressant
Muscle
Relaxant
All
Drugs
Median Age (in Years) (41) (41) (43) (36.5) (43) (42) (42)
% Female
Race
20.7 18.5 42.2 22.4 43.1 61.8 28.7
Caucasian 73.2 84.0 87.4 88.3 88.9 100.0 83.6
African-American 20.1 9.5 8.7 3.9 6.4 0.0 10.2
Asian/Pacific Islander 1.1 0.4 1.0 2.6 1.4 0.0 1.4
Native American 2.1 2.9 2.0 2.6 1.9 0.0 2.5
Hispanic 1.5 1.7 0.5 0 0.6 0.0 1.2
Other/Mixed 1.9 1.5 0.5 2.6 0.8 0.0 1.2
Note: Data are duplicated; most deaths involve multiple drugs.
SOURCE: Medical Examiners Office, Public Health Seattle & King County.
Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, Vol. II, January 2005