NCJ Number
164364
Date Published
1992
Length
20 pages
Annotation
This report presents preliminary national estimates of drug-related emergency episodes during the first and second quarters of 1992, along with final estimates for 1988-91, based on information from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), an ongoing national survey of hospital emergency rooms.
Abstract
The data reveal that the total number of episodes are estimated to have increased from 1988 to 1989, decreased sharply in 1990, and increased in 1991. The 1991 increase was statistically significant only for two age groups: 26-34 and 35 and over. Statistically significant increases also occurred for men, women, blacks, Hispanics, and those living in the central cities of the 21 DAWN oversampled metropolitan areas. During the second quarter of 1992, cocaine-related emergencies had a nonsignificant increase over the same period in 1991. The estimated number of heroin-related emergencies increased nonsignificantly from 33,884 in 1990 to 36,576 in 1991. The rates per person remained highest for those ages 26-34 and males. Tables