TABLE 3.
DAWN ED cases involving methadone and combinations*
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | p value change 2004–2007 | |
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Methadone only | 20,025 | 19,286 | 22,750 | 26,138 | 0.274 |
Methadone + alcohol only | 2,600 | 1,667 | 1,823 | 2,068 | 0.433 |
Methadone + other pharmaceuticals only | 10,878 | 14,477 | 17,018 | 19,891 | 0.002 |
Methadone + illicits only | 6,449 | 6,359 | 6,233 | 5,956 | 0.494 |
Methadone + other pharms + illicits only | 5,057 | 7,178 | 7,018 | 7,138 | 0.353 |
Methadone + alcohol + other pharms only | 1,764 | 2,165 | 2,213 | 3,096 | 0.166 |
Methadone + alcohol + illicits only | 1,072 | 1,208 | 1,979 | 1,820 | 0.238 |
Methadone + alcohol + illicits + other pharmaceuticals | 1,019 | 1,085 | 1,146 | 3,398 | 0.044 |
Because of weighting and Relative Standard Errors, apparent increases in other types of combinations were not statistically significant.