TEDS 2006 Table 5.6a

Table 5.6a Heroin admissions by usual route of administration and medication-assisted opioid therapy:¹ TEDS 1996-2006 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	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total heroin admissions	224,366	235,143	247,069	257,508	270,417	277,696	286,219	273,963	264,466	256,751	245,984
Usual route of administration
Injection	145,148	146,728	149,136	156,562	158,197	158,295	163,673	154,428	153,219	160,130	156,567
Inhalation	57,521	63,974	69,399	71,156	80,690	87,116	88,354	87,269	80,567	84,037	78,131
Smoking	5,145	5,976	6,138	7,097	7,185	6,600	6,525	6,366	5,743	5,646	5,392
Oral	2,413	2,666	3,121	3,329	4,254	5,006	4,994	5,342	4,361	3,216	2,861
Other	1,253	1,512	1,848	2,319	2,265	2,357	2,387	2,275	1,916	1,639	1,419
No. of admissions	211,480	220,856	229,642	240,463	252,591	259,374	265,933	255,680	245,806	254,668	244,370
Medication-assisted opioid therapy,¹ by usual route of administration
Injection	72,674	65,712	66,168	67,985	66,883	63,842	63,239	53,436	49,458	48,624	45,276
Inhalation	13,079	14,598	22,357	20,972	23,455	26,971	28,372	26,286	22,545	23,947	21,916
Smoking	2,522	2,834	2,893	3,442	3,333	2,550	2,516	2,320	2,105	1,949	1,671
Oral	467	445	558	548	653	790	907	981	1,218	732	536
Other	498	552	656	848	639	744	782	723	680	491	506
Any route of administration	89,240	84,141	92,632	93,795	94,963	94,897	95,816	83,746	76,006	75,743	69,905
¹ Opioid therapy with methadone or buprenorphine.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.9.07.