Table 2.8b Admissions by sex, race/ethnicity, and age: TEDS 1992-2000 and U.S. population 2000 Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions (excludes Puerto Rico). See Table 4.2.]
Sex, race/ethnicity, and age at admission	TEDS admissions										U.S. population
	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000		2000
Sex
Male	71.6	71.3	71.1	70.4	70.3	69.8	70.0	70.1	69.6		48.9
Female	28.4	28.7	28.9	29.6	29.7	30.2	30.0	29.9	30.4		51.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0		100.0
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7	59.3	58.8	59.5	60.3	60.8	60.6	60.4	59.7		71.8
Black (non-Hispanic)	25.8	26.5	26.6	26.2	25.3	24.4	24.0	23.5	23.6		12.2
Hispanic	9.9	10.5	10.9	10.6	10.2	10.5	11.0	11.4	11.7		11.1
American Indian/Alaska Native	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4		0.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.9		3.9
Other	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.7		0.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0		100.0
Age at admission
Under 18 years	6.5	6.3	6.9	7.8	8.4	8.9	8.8	8.5	8.4		25.8
18 to 24 years	15.8	14.6	14.2	14.0	13.6	14.3	14.9	15.6	16.3		9.6
25 to 34 years	40.0	39.3	37.9	36.1	34.0	32.2	30.4	28.5	27.1		13.6
35 to 44 years	26.1	27.8	28.9	29.7	30.8	31.2	31.7	32.1	32.0		16.3
45 to 54 years	8.2	8.6	9.0	9.3	10.1	10.4	11.2	12.0	12.9		13.5
55 to 64 years	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.6		8.7
65 years and older	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7		12.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0		100.0
SOURCES: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) - 4.1.02.  U.S. population: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population Projections of the United States by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1995 to 2050. Population Electronic Product #45.