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Table 3.2a
Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to selected race/ethnicity/sex/age groups: TEDS 2000
Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2.]
Selected race/ethnicity/
sex/age group
All admis-
sions
Primary substance at admission
Alcohol Opiates Cocaine Mari-
juana/
hashish
Stimulants Tran-
quil-
izers
Seda-
tives
Hallu-
cino-
gens
PCP Inhal-
ants
Other/
none
speci-
fied
Alcohol
only
With
secondary
drug
Heroin Other
opiates
Smoked
cocaine
Other
route
Metham-
phetamine/
amphet-
amine
Other stimu-lants
Total 1,599,703 413,638 310,558 243,523 25,839 158,524 59,787 236,638 81,764 1,119 5,198 3,213 2,867 2,589 1,251 53,195
White (non-Hisp.) male  41.2  54.3  46.3  30.2  43.8  17.9  29.1  42.0  41.5  39.8  36.7  36.7  58.2  16.2  49.2  37.5
Under 20 years  5.7  2.5  5.8  1.2  1.9  0.6  2.0  20.7  3.4  8.9  4.0  4.1  29.2  3.0  22.6  9.1
20 to 24 years  5.5  4.7  6.6  4.7  5.0  1.6  3.9  8.5  6.8  5.6  5.3  5.2  17.3  4.0  7.4  4.9
25 to 29 years  4.8  4.9  5.8  4.4  5.6  2.8  4.4  4.0  7.6  5.4  3.9  4.3  5.6  2.3  4.7  4.2
30 to 34 years  5.5  6.5  7.1  4.5  6.2  4.1  5.8  3.1  8.3  5.1  4.4  4.5  2.5  2.0  3.1  4.3
35 to 39 years  6.6  9.5  8.4  4.8  7.8  4.4  6.0  2.7  7.8  6.6  5.6  5.6  1.3  2.6  3.7  4.9
40 to 44 years  5.7  9.5  6.7  4.8  7.8  2.8  4.2  1.8  4.8  3.3  5.7  6.1  1.0  1.3  5.2  4.1
45 years and over  7.3  16.6  5.8  5.8  9.5  1.7  2.7  1.2  2.8  5.0  7.8  6.8  1.3  1.0  2.5  5.9
White (non-Hisp.) female  18.5  18.2  17.0  17.1  41.8  14.1  17.5  14.6  37.0  27.4  52.6  47.0  19.6  8.2  17.2  24.9
Under 20 years  2.5  1.1  2.5  1.2  1.2  0.5  1.6  6.7  4.1  7.4  2.6  2.6  13.1  1.8  9.7  6.0
20 to 24 years  2.3  1.2  1.9  3.1  3.5  1.5  2.5  2.4  6.7  3.4  4.2  3.4  3.3  1.4  2.3  2.4
25 to 29 years  2.4  1.5  2.0  2.5  6.0  2.6  3.1  1.6  7.5  3.5  6.3  5.7  1.1  1.1  1.2  2.7
30 to 34 years  3.0  2.4  2.9  2.9  7.4  3.5  3.9  1.5  7.5  4.3  7.7  7.5  0.7  0.9  0.9  3.1
35 to 39 years  3.4  3.7  3.6  3.0  9.2  3.3  3.6  1.3  6.5  4.4  10.6  9.5  0.7  1.8  1.4  3.6
40 to 44 years  2.6  3.5  2.4  2.5  7.7  1.8  1.9  0.8  3.2  2.9  9.0  8.8  0.3  0.8  1.1  2.9
45 years and over  2.4  4.8  1.7  1.9  6.8  0.8  0.9  0.4  1.5  1.4  12.2  9.5  0.3  0.4  0.6  4.3
Black (non-Hisp.) male  16.0  9.0  16.2  15.2  3.5  34.1  23.3  21.4  1.3  13.3  1.7  4.2  5.3  28.8  2.7  18.7
Under 20 years  1.6  0.2  0.8  0.1  0.1  0.2  0.4  8.0  0.1  1.6  0.2  0.5  1.0  3.8  1.5  4.6
20 to 24 years  1.5  0.5  1.3  0.4  0.3  1.0  1.5  5.5  0.1  1.4  0.2  0.5  1.6  10.0  0.2  2.1
25 to 29 years  1.6  0.8  1.5  1.1  0.2  2.6  2.3  3.3  0.2  0.8  0.2  0.4  1.1  6.0  0.1  2.1
30 to 34 years  2.4  1.1  2.7  2.2  0.4  6.7  4.6  2.0  0.3  3.2  0.3  0.5  0.5  4.2  0.3  2.3
35 to 39 years  3.0  1.5  3.7  2.9  0.5  9.7  5.8  1.3  0.3  2.5  0.3  0.8  0.4  2.8  0.3  2.6
40 to 44 years  2.7  1.7  3.2  3.2  0.6  7.9  4.7  0.8  0.2  2.4  0.2  0.9  0.3  1.4  0.2  2.3
45 years and over  3.2  3.2  3.0  5.3  1.3  6.0  4.0  0.6  0.1  1.4  0.3  0.7  0.5  0.5  0.1  2.7
Black (non-Hisp.) female  7.6  2.7  6.5  9.0  3.3  25.1  11.9  5.8  1.0  7.1  1.9  3.5  2.4  11.6  2.0  8.9
Under 20 years  0.4  0.1  0.3   *   *  0.2  0.2  1.7  0.1  0.5  0.1  0.2  0.5  0.7  0.8  2.6
20 to 24 years  0.5  0.2  0.4  0.2  0.1  1.0  0.7  1.4  0.2  0.4  0.1  0.3  0.6  3.8  0.3  0.8
25 to 29 years  0.9  0.2  0.7  0.8  0.4  2.9  1.5  1.0  0.2  0.8  0.2  0.5  0.5  2.8  0.4  1.1
30 to 34 years  1.5  0.4  1.4  1.7  0.5  6.4  2.9  0.7  0.2  1.9  0.2  0.4  0.3  1.4  0.2  1.1
35 to 39 years  1.8  0.5  1.8  2.1  0.6  7.4  3.4  0.5  0.2  1.4  0.4  0.6  0.4  1.6  - -  1.3
40 to 44 years  1.3  0.5  1.3  2.0  0.7  4.8  2.1  0.3  0.1  1.1  0.4  0.8  0.1  0.7  0.1  0.9
45 years and over  1.0  0.7  0.8  2.0  0.9  2.4  1.3  0.2   *  1.2  0.5  0.7  0.1  0.7  0.2  1.0
Mexican-orig. male  3.9  5.0  2.5  6.6  0.6  1.3  3.8  3.7  4.4  1.4  1.1  1.4  1.9  7.7  9.6  1.1
Under 20 years  0.6  0.2  0.4  0.2   *  0.1  0.4  2.5  0.6  0.7  0.7  0.3  1.1  0.9  6.8  0.3
20 to 24 years  0.5  0.7  0.4  0.5   *  0.2  0.8  0.5  0.9  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.4  1.4  0.4  0.1
25 to 29 years  0.5  0.8  0.4  0.7  0.1  0.2  0.8  0.3  0.9  0.1  - -  0.1  0.2  1.4  0.9  0.1
30 to 34 years  0.6  0.8  0.4  0.9  0.1  0.3  0.7  0.2  0.8  0.2  0.1  0.2  0.2  1.7  0.2  0.2
35 to 39 years  0.6  0.7  0.4  1.3  0.1  0.2  0.5  0.1  0.6  - -  0.1  0.3   *  1.4  0.2  0.1
40 to 44 years  0.5  0.6  0.2  1.3  0.1  0.1  0.4  0.1  0.4  0.1  - -  0.2  0.1  0.9  0.7  0.1
45 years and over  0.6  1.0  0.2  1.8  0.2  0.1  0.2  0.1  0.2  0.2  0.1  0.3  - -  0.1  0.2  0.2
Mexican-orig. female  1.1  0.6  0.7  2.1  0.7  0.8  1.4  0.9  3.7  0.8  1.0  1.0  1.0  9.0  3.2  0.5
Under 20 years  0.2  0.1  0.2  0.1   *  0.1  0.2  0.6  0.5  0.5  0.4  0.1  0.7  0.3  2.6  0.1
20 to 24 years  0.2  0.1  0.1  0.2   *  0.1  0.3  0.1  0.9  - -   *  0.1  0.1  0.7  0.3  0.1
25 to 29 years  0.2  0.1  0.1  0.2  0.1  0.2  0.3  0.1  0.8  0.4   *   *  - -  2.3  - -  0.1
30 to 34 years  0.2  0.1  0.1  0.3  0.1  0.2  0.3  0.1  0.7  - -  0.1  0.2  0.1  2.4  0.2   *
35 to 39 years  0.2  0.1  0.1  0.5  0.1  0.1  0.2   *  0.5  - -   *  0.2  0.1  2.3  - -  0.1
40 to 44 years  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.4  0.1  0.1  0.1   *  0.2  - -  0.2  0.2   *  0.9  - -  0.1
45 years and over  0.1  0.1   *  0.4  0.1   *   *   *  0.1  - -  0.1  0.3  - -  0.2  - -  0.1
Puerto Rican-orig. male  2.9  1.0  2.2  9.8  0.7  1.3  3.7  2.7  0.2  1.4  0.6  0.6  2.1  4.7  0.7  0.8