TEDS 2006 Table 5.6b

Table 5.6b Heroin admissions by usual route of administration and medication-assisted opioid therapy:¹ TEDS 1996-2006 Percent distribution
[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
Usual route of administration
Injection	68.6	66.4	64.9	65.1	62.6	61.0	61.5	60.4	62.3	62.9	64.1
Inhalation	27.2	29.0	30.2	29.6	31.9	33.6	33.2	34.1	32.8	33.0	32.0
Smoking	2.4	2.7	2.7	3.0	2.8	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.2
Oral	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.7	1.9	1.9	2.1	1.8	1.3	1.2
Other	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Medication-assisted opioid therapy,¹ by usual route of administration
Injection	50.1	44.8	44.4	43.4	42.3	40.3	38.6	34.6	32.3	30.4	28.9
Inhalation	22.7	22.8	32.2	29.5	29.1	31.0	32.1	30.1	28.0	28.5	28.1
Smoking	49.0	47.4	47.1	48.5	46.4	38.6	38.6	36.4	36.7	34.5	31.0
Oral	19.4	16.7	17.9	16.5	15.4	15.8	18.2	18.4	27.9	22.8	18.7
Other	39.7	36.5	35.5	36.6	28.2	31.6	32.8	31.8	35.5	30.0	35.7
Total	42.2	38.1	40.3	39.0	37.6	36.6	36.0	32.8	30.9	29.7	28.6
¹ Medication-assisted 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.