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Heroin and Other Opiates

• The proportion of TEDS admissions for primary opiate abuse increased from 14 percent in 1994 to 16 percent in 1999, slightly exceeding the proportion of admissions for primary cocaine abuse.
  
  
• Heroin admission rates were highest in the Pacific and Middle Atlantic States. The rate for the United States as a whole was stable over the period 1994-1999. However, heroin admission rates increased between 1994 and 1999 by 100 percent or more in 15 States.
  
  
• Nearly half (48 percent) of primary heroin admissions were White, followed by Hispanics (25 percent), and Blacks (23 percent).
  
  
• Admissions for heroin inhalation and smoking increased between 1994 and 1999.

• The proportion of admissions for primary cocaine abuse declined from 18 percent in 1994 to 14 percent in 1999.
  
  
• Cocaine admission rates were generally highest in the Middle Atlantic and some Southern States. Trends indicated stable or declining admission rates for primary cocaine abuse. Cocaine admission rates decreased from 1994-1999 by 25 percent or more in 18 States.
  
  
• Smoked cocaine (crack) represented 73 percent of all primary cocaine admissions in 1999, a proportion that remained stable over the period 1994-1999.