TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics and forensic data on cocaine fatalities and matched control cases.

Case	Age	Sex/Race*	COD	Cocaine (ug/mL)	Benzoylecgonine (ug/mL)	Survival time (hrs)	Case	Age	Sex/Race	COD	Cocaine (ug/mL)	Benzoylecgonine (ug/mL)	Survival time (hrs)
#27	51	BF	ASCVD	ND†	ND	0	#28	52	BF	Cocaine, cerebral hemorrhage	ND	0.077	0
#33	30	WF	GSW	ND	ND	0	#34	35	WF	Cocaine abuse	0.28	4.4	0
#39	20	WM	Dilated cardiomyopathy	ND	ND	0	#40	25	WM	Cocaine	13	7.4	0
#1	40	BF	Dilated cardiomyopathy	ND	ND	0	#2	34	BF	Cocaine abuse, cardiac arrest	ND	0.66	0
#7	47	WM	Acute MI, ASCVD	ND	ND	0	#8	46	WM	Acute cocaine intoxication	0.8	5.7	0
#5	35	BM	GSW (ASCVD contributing)	ND	ND	4	#6	35	BM	Acute cocaine intoxication	31	8.9	0
#9	45	BM	MGSW	ND	ND	0	#10	46	BM	Cocaine abuse	0.069	1.5	0
#11	49	BM	MI, ASCVD	ND	ND	0	#12	49	BM	Aortic aneurysm due to cocaine abuse	ND	0.42	0
#50	53	BM	ASCVD	ND	ND	0	#51	59	BM	Cocaine abuse	ND	0.071	0
#52	51	BM	Aortic dissection, hypertension	ND	ND	0	#53	54	BM	Cocaine abuse	ND	0.09	0
#54	66	BM	MGSW	ND	ND	0	#55	64	BM	Acute cocaine intoxication	0.065	0.4	0
#56	46	BM	MGSW	ND	ND	0	#57	52	BM	Cocaine abuse	0.078	0.33	0
#41	45	WM	GSW	ND	ND	0	#42	46	WM	Cocaine abuse‡	ND	0.03	1
#3	33	BM	Dilated cardiomyopathy	ND	ND	0	#4	35	BM	Cocaine abuse‡	14	8.1	1
#35	34	BM	MGSW	ND	ND	0	#36	34	BM	Cocaine abuse	0.74	4.3	1
#15	52	BM	Hypertensive cardiomyopathy	ND	ND	0	#16	52	BM	Aortic dissection due to cocaine abuse	ND	0.58	3
#13	50	BM	GSW	ND	ND	0	#14	52	BM	Cocaine abuse	0.29	3	5
#37	45	BM	ASCVD	ND	ND	0	#38	45	BM	Cocaine abuse	0.053	3.4	21

Cases were analyzed group-wise but listed pair-wise for ease of comparison

Control and cocaine groups did not differ in terms of age (44±3 & 45±2, respectively) or sex/race (2 BF, 1 WF, 3 WM, 12 BM in each group)

^*BF=black female, WF=white female, WM=white male, BM=black male

^†ND=not detected

^‡Cases exhibited abnormal behaviors clearly indicative of ED syndrome