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| | NCADI: Preliminary Estimates From the Drug Abuse Warning Network - Annual Trends in Heroin-Related Episodes |
 | | The rate of heroin-related episodes per 100,000 population increased 80 percent, from 15 in 1990 to 28 in 1993 and the rate per 100,000 emergency department visits increased 71 percent, from 41 in 1990 to 70 in 1993. |
 | | From 1988 through 1993, there was a 470 percent increase in heroin-related episodes where the route of administration was recorded as "sniffed, snorted" (from 1,100 to 6,000) compared with a 31 percent increase (from 28,600 to 37,300) for "injection." "Sniffed, snorted" composed 20 percent of the increase in heroin-related episodes from 1988 through 1993. |
 | | Between 1992 and 1993, the number of heroin-related episodes rose by 31 percent for Hispanics (from 8,500 to 11,200), by 29 percent for whites (from 18,000 to 23,100), and by 25 percent for fls (from 18,600 to 23,300). |
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