TABLE 4
Drug deaths and diseases in the USA by age and sex 1990-1994 (1, 2, 3)
| Drugs |
|
|
|
| cocaine |
users hospitals deaths |
67 80 |
99 |
| heroin |
users hospitals deaths |
71 83 |
99 |
| amphetamines |
users hospitals deaths |
61 79 |
97 |
| nitrites |
users hospitals deaths |
|
|
| all combined |
users hospitals deaths |
71 77 |
|
|
1. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Drugs, crime, and the justice system. 1992. 2. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Annual emergency department data 1993. Data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) 1993; 81-110. 3. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Annual Medical Examiner Data. Data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) 1994; 1-82, 1994. 4. Wesson D, Smith D. Cocaine: treatment perspectives, in Cocaine Use in America: epidemiologic and clinical perspectives, N. Kozel and E. Adams (eds.) NIDA US Dept. HHS, Washington, DC, 1985. 5. San Francisco Department of Public Health, Lesbian & Gay Substance Abuse Planning Group. Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Substance Abuse Needs Assessment. 1991, August; Ascher MS, Sheppard HW, Winkelstein Jr W, Vittinghoff E. Does drug use cause AIDS? Nature 1993; 362: 103-104. 6. Clinton W, The White House. The National Drug Control Strategy: 1996. The White House, Washington DC, 1996. 7. Bureau of Justice Statistics.1988 Special Report—Drug Law Violators, 1980-1986. |
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