Table 5.6a Heroin admissions by usual route of administration and medication-assisted opioid therapy1: TEDS 1997-2007 Number
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Usual route of administration and medication-assisted opioid therapy1	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total heroin admissions	235,143	247,069	257,508	270,375	277,653	286,157	273,996	261,610	259,462	264,599	246,871
Usual route of administration
Injection	146,728	149,136	156,562	158,158	158,259	163,604	154,463	151,002	161,692	165,401	157,178
Inhalation	63,974	69,399	71,156	80,694	87,117	88,363	87,272	80,066	85,162	87,299	78,549
Smoking	5,976	6,138	7,097	7,185	6,595	6,525	6,361	5,688	5,632	5,581	5,720
Oral	2,666	3,121	3,329	4,254	5,004	4,993	5,344	4,310	3,266	3,159	3,197
Other	1,512	1,848	2,319	2,259	2,356	2,387	2,273	1,884	1,637	1,453	1,052
No. of admissions	220,856	229,642	240,463	252,550	259,331	265,872	255,713	242,950	257,389	262,893	245,696
Medication-assisted opioid therapy,1 by usual route of administration
Injection	65,712	66,168	67,985	66,862	63,845	63,177	53,479	48,986	48,612	47,151	43,394
Inhalation	14,598	22,357	20,972	23,459	26,974	28,383	26,291	22,398	23,957	25,975	21,763
Smoking	2,834	2,893	3,442	3,334	2,549	2,516	2,322	2,099	1,936	1,759	1,790
Oral	445	558	548	654	789	906	982	1,202	742	633	736
Other	552	656	848	633	743	782	721	672	493	506	223
Any route of administration	84,141	92,632	93,795	94,942	94,900	95,764	83,795	75,357	75,740	76,024	67,906
1Medication-assisted opioid therapy with methadone or buprenorphine as part of the client's treatment.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.6.08.