2003 TEDS Table 5.6a

Table 5.6a Heroin admissions by route of administration and planned use of opioid treatment:¹ TEDS 1993-2003 Number
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Route of heroin administration and planned use of opioid treatment	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total heroin admissions	195,865	216,452	227,989	224,366	235,143	247,069	257,508	273,952	278,693	289,056	272,782
Route of administration
Injection	136,974	149,205	147,602	145,148	146,728	149,136	156,562	161,614	160,214	166,045	154,990
Inhalation	42,481	48,722	58,540	57,521	63,974	69,399	71,156	80,615	86,234	88,655	85,720
Smoking	3,111	4,002	4,673	5,145	5,976	6,138	7,097	7,284	6,605	6,635	6,322
Oral	2,046	2,283	2,460	2,413	2,666	3,121	3,329	4,280	4,993	4,981	5,199
Other	1,053	976	1,030	1,253	1,512	1,848	2,319	2,187	2,271	2,457	2,313
No. of admissions	185,665	205,188	214,305	211,480	220,856	229,642	240,463	255,980	260,317	268,773	254,544
Planned use of opioid treatment,¹ by route of heroin administration
Injection	81,861	89,439	79,632	72,674	65,712	66,168	67,985	67,308	63,209	63,273	52,484
Inhalation	17,817	19,480	16,672	13,079	14,598	22,357	20,972	23,494	26,581	28,393	25,459
Smoking	1,387	1,994	2,287	2,522	2,834	2,893	3,442	3,340	2,520	2,529	2,287
Oral	371	495	414	467	445	558	548	646	774	882	956
Other	427	442	411	498	552	656	848	604	684	818	678
Any route of administration	101,863	111,850	99,416	89,240	84,141	92,632	93,795	95,392	93,768	95,895	81,864
¹ Treatment with the medications methadone, LAAM, or buprenorphine.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 4.11.05.