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This spotlight uses data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) to examine emergency department visits related to suicide attempts that involved drugs. There was an overall increase in drug-related suicide attempts from 2005 to 2011 (for patients ages 12 and older). The report also examines the trends for individual...

This short report uses data on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) to examine the trends and characteristics of ED visits involving drug-related suicide attempts among ED patients aged 45-64 in 2011. The report discusses the patterns for male and female patients, the drugs...

This is the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) State Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services report. This report presents data by Census division and State or jurisdiction for admissions in 2010 and trend data for 2000 to 2010. Demographic and substance abuse characteristics are reported for admissions to treatment aged...

Excel file with national estimates, rates, relative standard errors, trends and confidence intervals for all drug-related emergency department (ED) visits involving drug misuse or abuse, covering 2004-2011. Drug misuse/abuse visits include the use of illicit drugs, nonmedical use of pharmaceuticals, underage drinking and visits where alcohol was combined with another...

Excel file with national estimates, rates, relative standard errors, trends and confidence intervals for all drug-related emergency department (ED) visits involving illicit drugs, covering 2004-2011. These visits involve the use of drugs that have limited or no therapeutic value and are generally illegal if taken without a prescription. It also...

This report documents instrumentation protocol changes occurring between the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the 2011 NSDUH. This summary document is divided into three topics: 1) computer-assisted interviewing (CAI) screening instrument, 2) the CAI Questionnaire, and 3) the interviewer materials.

This is the data collection final report to the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).

This publication presents national estimates of drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) for 2010, based on data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). Also presented are comparisons of 2010 estimates with those for 2004, 2008 and 2009. Chapter topics include overall drug misuse and abuse, illicit drugs, alcohol...

The Drug Reference Vocabulary (DRV) is a classification system for all the substances collected by DAWN (drug-related emergency department visits and drug-related deaths investigated by partcipating medical examiners/coroners). This Excel file includes brand, drug, and category names and codes for illicit drugs, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, inhalants and alcohol. It...

License for the Drug Abuse Warning Network\'s Drug Reference Vocabulary (DRV), a classification system for the substances collected by DAWN that is based on the Multum Lexicon, © 2012 Lexi-Comp, Inc. and/or Cerner Multum, Inc. to meet DAWN\'s unique requirements. The Lexicon classification was modified to meet DAWN\'s unique requirements.

Excel file with estimates, rates, relative standard errors, trends and confidence intervals, covering 2008-2011 for emergency department visits involving adverse reactions in the Miami metropolitan area, Fort Lauderdale division. It includes ED visits in which an adverse health consequence (e.g., side effects or an allergic reaction) resulted when taking prescription...

Includes the annual report with national estimates of drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) for 2011, based on data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN); the methodology report, updated for 2011; a glossary of terms updated for 2011, and a guide to the DAWN trend tables (data tables).

This glossary defines terms used in data collection activities, analyses, and publications associated with the emergency department (ED) component of the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). The glossary is updated to reflect terms and conventions applicable in the 2011 data collection year.

This publication describes the methodologies used by the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), to collect, prepare, and analyze information on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits in the United States. The methods described here were initiated in 2004 and are current as of 2011.

This publication presents national estimates of drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) for 2011, based on data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). Also presented are comparisons of 2011 estimates with those for 2004, 2009 and 2010. Chapter topics include overall drug misuse and abuse, illicit drugs, alcohol...