Population Health and Vital Statistics

Hospital Inpatient Discharges & Emergency Room Visits Statistics

For Drug Abuse

All drug related inpatient discharges and emergency room visits

Inpatient discharges by category, type of drug, and year (Table A1)

Inpatient discharges and emergency room visits by category, type of drug, and type of hospital record (Table A2)

Inpatient discharges and emergency room visits related to amphetamines by age group, gender, and county of residence (Table A3)

Inpatient discharges and emergency room visits related to cocaine by age group, gender, and county of residence (Table A4)

Inpatient discharges and emergency room visits related to opiates by age group, gender, and county of residence (Table A5)

Inpatient discharges and emergency room visits with diagnoses related to use, abuse, and misuse of drugs by category of first-listed and all-listed diagnoses (Table A6)

Drug dependence and drug abuse (all-listed diagnoses)

Inpatient discharges related to drug dependence and drug abuse by age group, gender, race/ethnicity, and county of residence (Table B1)

Inpatient discharges related to drug dependence and drug abuse by category, age group, gender, race/ethnicity, and county of residence (Table B2)

Inpatient discharges and emergency room visits related to drug dependence and drug abuse by gender, age group, race/ethnicity, and county of residence (Table B3)

Noxious influences affecting the fetus - newborns who were hospitalized after birth because they were affected by maternal use of drugs during pregnancy (all-listed diagnoses)

Inpatient discharges related to noxious influences affecting the fetus by mother's marital status, race/ethnicity, newborn's gender, and county of residence (Table C1)

Inpatient discharges related to noxious influences affecting the fetus by category, gender, race/ethnicity, and county of residence (Table C2)

Drug withdrawal syndrome in infants of dependent mothers by race/ethnicity and county of residence (Table C3)

Poisoning by drugs (all-listed diagnoses)

Inpatient discharges related to poisoning by drugs, medicinal and biological substances by age group, gender, race/ethnicity, and county of residence (Table D1)

Emergency room visits related to poisoning by drugs, medicinal and biological substances by age group, gender, and county of residence (Table D2)

Drug dependence, abuse, or misuse as first-listed diagnosis

Number of inpatient discharges and emergency room visits with drug dependence, abuse, or misuse as first-listed diagnosis by gender, age group, race/ethnicity, and county of residence (Table E1)

Patient days for inpatient discharges with drug dependence, abuse, or misuse as first-listed diagnosis by age group, gender, race/ethnicity, and county of residence (Table E2)

Average length of hospital stay for inpatient discharges with drug dependence, abuse, or misuse as first-listed diagnosis by age group, gender, race/ethnicity, and county of residence (Table E3)

Rates of inpatient discharges and emergency room visits with drug dependence, abuse, or misuse as first-listed diagnosis by gender, age group, race/ethnicity, and county of residence (Table E4)

Rate of patient days for drug dependence, abuse, or misuse by gender, age group, race/ethnicity, and county of residence (Table E5)

Number of emergency room visits and rates per 10,000 population for selected diagnostic categories related to drug abuse or dependence by county of residence (Table E6)

This report distinguishes discharges with diagnosis of poisoning by misuse of, abuse of, or dependence on drugs other than alcohol or tobacco from discharges related to drug poisoning. The first-listed (or primary) diagnosis is used to identify the discharges with drug-poisoning diagnosis. Any mention of ICD-9-CM codes related to drug use, misuse, or abuse in up to nine diagnostic fields is used to identify the drug-related discharges.

The first-listed (or primary) diagnosis was used to identify the inpatient hospitalizations or emergency room visits with drug dependence, abuse, or misuse (accidental poisoning/overdose) in Tables E1-E5. Any mention of ICD-9-CM codes related to drug psychoses, drug dependence and, noxious influences affecting the fetus, and poisoning by drugs, medicinal and biological drug dependence and drugs in up to nine diagnostic fields was used to identify drug-related discharges in Tables A - D.

This report was prepared and made Web-ready by:

  • Matthew Roach, MPH, Vital Statistics Manager
  • Yan Huang, MS, Data Analyst
  • Danielle Manapat, PhD, Data Analyst
  • Clare Torres, Senior Health Data Analyst