Table 5.6a Heroin admissions by usual route of administration and planned use of medication-assisted opioid therapy: TEDS 1995-2005 Number
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Usual route of administration and planned use of medication-assisted opioid therapy	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total heroin admissions	227,989	224,366	235,143	247,069	257,508	274,477	281,042	289,571	276,995	266,013	254,345
Usual route of administration
Injection	147,602	145,148	146,728	149,136	156,562	161,957	161,503	166,728	157,314	155,118	158,974
Inhalation	58,540	57,521	63,974	69,399	71,156	80,715	87,101	88,463	87,275	80,110	83,005
Smoking	4,673	5,145	5,976	6,138	7,097	7,306	6,670	6,649	6,436	5,802	5,564
Oral	2,460	2,413	2,666	3,121	3,329	4,311	5,037	5,011	5,361	4,349	3,127
Other	1,030	1,253	1,512	1,848	2,319	2,213	2,351	2,432	2,323	1,971	1,662
No. of admissions	214,305	211,480	220,856	229,642	240,463	256,502	262,662	269,283	258,709	247,350	252,332
Planned use of medication-assisted opioid therapy,    by usual route of administration
Injection	79,632	72,674	65,712	66,168	67,985	67,377	63,909	63,432	53,567	49,221	46,946
Inhalation	16,672	13,079	14,598	22,357	20,972	23,451	26,926	28,327	26,229	22,275	23,504
Smoking	2,287	2,522	2,834	2,893	3,442	3,344	2,547	2,530	2,321	2,098	1,841
Oral	414	467	445	558	548	656	787	910	988	1,211	716
Other	411	498	552	656	848	614	729	789	723	694	498
Any route of administration	99,416	89,240	84,141	92,632	93,795	95,442	94,898	95,988	83,828	75,499	73,505
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.3.06.