Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Drug misuse deaths reported to DAWN	308
Suicide deaths reported to DAWN	62
Metro area population, 2004	5,800,614
Population covered by DAWN	2,830,241
Percent of population covered by DAWN	49%

Metro area overview: Deaths and population by county, 2004

Metro area component	Drug misuse		Suicide		Total population
	Deaths	Rate1	Deaths	Rate1
§ Area did not participate in DAWN this year. * Area featured in Spotlight section. 1 Deaths per 1,000,000 population.
Total participating (6)	308	108.8	62	21.9	2,830,241
1. New Castle County, DE§					519,396
2. Cecil County, MD	15	157.0	1	10.5	95,526
3. Burlington County, NJ§					449,685
4. Camden County, NJ*	84	162.7	8	15.5	516,282
5. Gloucester County, NJ	27	99.3	2	7.4	271,806
6. Salem County, NJ§					65,346
7. Bucks County, PA	46	74.5	10	16.2	617,558
8. Chester County, PA§					465,795
9. Delaware County, PA*	66	118.9	13	23.4	555,040
10. Montgomery County, PA*	70	90.4	28	36.2	774,029
11. Philadelphia County, PA§					1,470,151