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The DAWN Report: Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits Attributed to Intentional Poisoning
Highlights: In 2009, there were an estimated 14,720 emergency department (ED) visits attributed to intentional drug poisoning. Three quarters (73 percent) of these drug-related ED visits were made by patients aged 21 or older. Females accounted for nearly two thirds of drug-related ED visits attributed to intentional poisoning (63 percent). Approximately 60 percent of these ED visits in 2009 involved unidentified drugs, and a similar percentage involved alcohol in combination with other drugs. Other OAS publications and services This Short Report The DAWN Report: Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits Attributed to Intentional Poisoning is based on the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older. |
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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.
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