Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:00 am
*3 to 1: The ratio of female to male Department of Corrections inmates who tested positive for meth.
*70 percent: The number of auto burglaries in Casper that are related to meth use.
*54 percent: The number of embezzlement and fraud charges that relate to meth.
*$21,503: Out of about $55,000, the amount of property crime losses that related to meth use in a five-month period. From Feb. 2005 until June, CPD tracked substance abuse-related property crimes and determined that meth use played a role in 39 percent of crimes such as larceny, fraud, forgery and burglaries.
*83 percent: Out of 45 Casper patients diagnosed with acute hepatitis infection who reported injecting meth within the previous six months, according to a study of the 2003 hepatitis outbreak by the Centers for Disease Control, Wyoming Department of Health and the Casper-Natrona County Health Department.
*16: The number of meth-related deaths reported to the Natrona County Coroners Office from 2002 to 2005.