PCP: DAWN data, SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies

PCP Trends by Metropolitan Areas in Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), 1994-2001

Number of PCP mentions in DAWN Emergency Departments by metropolitan area and year (1994-2001)

Rate of PCP mentions in DAWN Emergency Departments per 100,000 population by metropolitan area and year (1994-2001)

PCP mentions by metropolitan area and year (1994- 2001)

Table 3.24 - Number of PCP mentions in DAWN Emergency Departments

Metropolitan area	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	% change¹ 1994, 2001		% change¹ 1999, 2001		% change¹ 2000, 2001
Metropolitan area	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	% change¹ 1994, 2001		% change¹ 1999, 2001		% change¹ 2000, 2001

TOTAL COTERMINOUS U.S.	5,899	5,963	3,441	3,626	3,436	3,663	5,404	6,102				66.6
Atlanta	35	14	25	28	...	28	...	35
Baltimore	309	222	98	87	53	45	73	75		-75.7		66.7
Boston	49	81	18	22	21	7	11	23		-53.1		228.6		109.1
Buffalo	6	6	2	5	0	1	10	3		-50.0		200.0		-70.0
Chicago	780	873	537	468	352	631	1,003	874				38.5
Dallas	27	65	26	36	62	95	120	96		255.6
Denver	8	9	7	14	5	...	7	7				...
Detroit	26	56	21	19	20	24	21	38
Los Angeles	1,098	1,266	709	696	605	731	823	990
Miami	7	8	15	14	14	9	15	9
Minneapolis	8	...	8	16	7	18	20	24		200.0
New Orleans	74	67	27	21	9	16	16	8		-89.2		-50.0
New York	852	697	229	261	256	278	237	203		-76.2
Newark	17	42	13	15	9	15	39	35		105.9		133.3
Philadelphia	431	596	367	481	573	580	604	785		82.1		35.3		30.0
Phoenix	16	23	31	40	46	39	47	61		281.3		56.4
St. Louis	92	70	67	35	28	26	74	110				323.1
San Diego	54	58	34	51	52	37	36	38
San Francisco	131	89	158	122	67	62	70	76		-42.0		22.6
Seattle	20	36	50	49	47	47	116	128		540.0		172.3
Washington, DC.	1,301	868	347	212	152	176	317	525		-59.6		198.3		65.6

¹ This column denotes statistically significant (p < 0.05) increases and decreases between estimates for the periods noted. Percentage increases between years are in red; percentage decreases are in black. See Relative Standard Error (RSE) tables for p-values. NOTE: These estimates are based on a representative sample of non-Federal, short-stay hospitals with 24-hour emergency departments in the coterminous U.S. Dots (.) indicate that an estimate with an RSE greater than 50% has been suppressed. Dashes (---) indicate that an estimate has been suppressed due to incomplete data. Data were not sufficiently complete to produce estimates for Atlanta for the period January-June 2001. For the Atlanta contribution to the national estimates, data were imputed for Atlanta nonrespondents based on actual data from January-June 2000. ED = emergency department, PCP = phencyclidine. SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2002 (09/2002 update).

PCP rates per 100,000 population by metropolitan area and year (1994- 2001)

Table 13.24 - Estimated rates of PCP mentions in DAWN Emergency Departments per 100,000 population by metropolitan area by year

Metropolitan area	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	% change¹ 1994, 2001		% change¹ 1999, 2001		% change¹ 2000, 2001
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001


TOTAL COTERMINOUS U.S.	3	3	1	2	1	2	2	2				59.8
Atlanta	1	1	1	1	...	1	...	1
Baltimore	14	10	4	4	2	2	3	3		-76.6		69.7
Boston	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	1		-53.4		243.4		122.2
Buffalo	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0		-46.3		240.7		-65.3
Chicago	14	15	9	8	6	11	17	15				40.8
Dallas	1	3	1	1	3	4	5	3		168.9
Denver	1	1	0	1	0	...	0	0				...
Detroit	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Los Angeles	14	15	9	8	7	9	9	12
Miami	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
Minneapolis	0	...	0	1	0	1	1	1		162.5
New Orleans	6	6	2	2	1	1	1	1		-89.2		-47.3
New York	11	9	3	3	3	3	3	2		-77.1
Newark	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2		104.5		145.4
Philadelphia	10	13	8	10	12	12	12	17		83.3		43.8		40.5
Phoenix	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2		162.2		13.2
St. Louis	4	3	3	1	1	1	3	5				343.1
San Diego	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	2
San Francisco	9	6	10	8	4	4	4	5		-43.7		25.5
Seattle	1	2	3	3	2	2	6	6		452.4		147.6
Washington, DC	35	23	9	6	4	5	8	13		-64.5		176.7		56.2

¹ This column denotes statistically significant (p < 0.05) increases and decreases between estimates for the periods noted. Percentage increases between years are in red; percentage decreases are in black. See Relative Standard Error (RSE) tables for p-values. NOTE: These estimates are based on a representative sample of non-Federal, short-stay hospitals with 24-hour emergency departments in the coterminous U.S. Dots (.) indicate that an estimate with an RSE greater than 50% has been suppressed. Dashes (---) indicate that an estimate has been suppressed due to incomplete data. Data were not sufficiently complete to produce estimates for Atlanta for the period January-June 2001. For the Atlanta contribution to the national estimates, data were imputed for Atlanta nonrespondents based on actual data from January-June 2000. ED rates are calculated using decennial census data and intercensal population estimates provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. ED = emergency department, PCP = phencyclidine. SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2002 (09/2002 update).

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