| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | ||||||
cases |
cases |
cases |
cases |
cases |
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Drug Type |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
| Amphetamine and other psychostimulant | 131 |
0.4 |
144 |
0.4 |
171 |
0.4 |
165 |
0.4 |
159 |
0.4 |
| Antidepressant type | 20 |
0.1 |
22 |
0.1 |
20 |
0.1 |
23 |
0.1 |
33 |
0.1 |
| Barbiturate and Similary acting sedative or hypnotic | 633 |
2.0 |
715 |
1.9 |
668 |
1.7 |
655 |
1.7 |
645 |
1.6 |
| Cannabis | 524 |
1.7 |
823 |
2.2 |
1,117 |
2.9 |
1,369 |
3.6 |
1,640 |
4.0 |
| Cocaine | 15,527 |
49.5 |
18,510 |
48.9 |
15,974 |
41.7 |
13,323 |
34.8 |
11,623 |
28.5 |
| Hallucinogen | 46 |
0.1 |
64 |
0.2 |
59 |
0.2 |
70 |
0.2 |
94 |
0.2 |
| Multiple combinations of drugs | 7,129 |
22.7 |
8,493 |
22.4 |
9,652 |
25.2 |
10,794 |
28.2 |
12,214 |
30.0 |
| Opioid type | 2,695 |
8.6 |
3,603 |
9.5 |
5,174 |
13.5 |
5,548 |
14.5 |
7,006 |
17.2 |
| Other / unspecified / unknown drug | 4,645 |
14.8 |
5,468 |
14.4 |
5,448 |
14.2 |
6,334 |
16.5 |
7,345 |
18.0 |
Note: Cases classified under a specific drug type include both abuse and dependency-related hospitalizations. "Other, unspecified, unknown drug" uincludes cases where drug used was not among those listed above, or the drug was not identified.
Source: Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, inpatient hospitalization data, 1991 - 1995