| Table 6.1a Detoxification admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to sex, race/ethnicity, and age at admission: TEDS 2002 Percent distribution and average age at admission |
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| [Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2.] | ||||||||||||||||
| Sex, race/ethnicity, and age at admission | All detox- ification 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 |
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| Alcohol only |
With secondary drug |
Heroin | Other opiates |
Smoked cocaine |
Other route |
Metham- phetamine/ amphet- amine |
Other stimu- lants |
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| Total | 465,077 | 146,840 | 90,356 | 131,754 | 15,196 | 37,884 | 9,613 | 9,223 | 11,656 | 241 | 2,982 | 971 | 318 | 398 | 176 | 7,469 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 75.4 | 81.8 | 78.9 | 73.0 | 59.3 | 68.1 | 71.1 | 75.2 | 59.2 | 75.1 | 57.1 | 50.8 | 73.9 | 69.6 | 78.3 | 64.2 |
| Female | 24.6 | 18.2 | 21.1 | 27.0 | 40.7 | 31.9 | 28.9 | 24.8 | 40.8 | 24.9 | 42.9 | 49.2 | 26.1 | 30.4 | 21.7 | 35.8 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| No. of admissions | 464,552 | 146,614 | 90,339 | 131,719 | 15,194 | 37,874 | 9,608 | 9,222 | 11,652 | 241 | 2,982 | 971 | 318 | 398 | 175 | 7,245 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| White (non-Hispanic) | 54.9 | 65.8 | 45.8 | 48.1 | 87.8 | 33.5 | 46.7 | 59.0 | 79.0 | 58.8 | 78.7 | 79.4 | 74.5 | 14.1 | 74.7 | 76.9 |
| Black (non-Hispanic) | 23.9 | 12.7 | 38.0 | 20.5 | 4.8 | 57.9 | 36.6 | 26.5 | 3.1 | 11.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 12.1 | 71.1 | 4.0 | 13.0 |
| Hispanic origin | 16.8 | 14.7 | 12.8 | 28.0 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 13.9 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 19.3 | 12.8 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 5.6 |
| Mexican | 6.3 | 9.4 | 1.8 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 14.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 11.5 | 1.7 |
| Puerto Rican | 7.3 | 2.5 | 8.3 | 14.9 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| Cuban | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | * | - - | 0.1 | - - | 0.3 | - - | - - | 0.1 |
| Other/not specified | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 |
| Other | 4.5 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 10.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| Alaska Native | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - - | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | * |
| American Indian | 1.9 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | - - | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Other | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| No. of admissions | 458,913 | 145,996 | 90,108 | 130,895 | 15,088 | 37,631 | 9,484 | 9,161 | 11,553 | 238 | 2,960 | 966 | 314 | 398 | 174 | 3,947 |
| Age at admission | ||||||||||||||||
| Under 15 years | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | * | * | * | 0.2 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | - - | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| 15 to 19 years | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 32.9 | 8.1 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 19.8 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.9 |
| 15 to 17 years | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 23.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 6.0 |
| 18 to 19 years | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 9.8 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 12.3 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 2.9 |
| 20 to 24 years | 8.8 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 5.9 | 11.2 | 20.6 | 20.8 | 16.2 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 21.7 | 38.9 | 31.4 | 11.2 |
| 25 to 29 years | 9.8 | 5.5 | 8.1 | 13.9 | 15.2 | 9.9 | 13.6 | 12.3 | 18.9 | 11.6 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 10.3 | 11.5 |
| 30 to 34 years | 14.2 | 9.3 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 15.2 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 10.2 | 20.2 | 11.2 | 12.5 | 16.0 | 13.8 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 13.2 |
| 35 to 39 years | 18.8 | 16.3 | 23.7 | 17.6 | 15.5 | 25.9 | 22.3 | 8.6 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 15.6 |
| 40 to 44 years | 18.9 | 21.1 | 21.8 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 21.4 | 17.1 | 5.8 | 10.2 | 17.0 | 18.8 | 18.4 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 13.7 | 14.6 |
| 45 to 49 years | 13.9 | 19.3 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 11.6 | 16.4 | 14.0 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 10.4 |
| 50 to 54 years | 7.3 | 11.5 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 6.2 |
| 55 to 59 years | 3.2 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | - - | 2.5 |
| 60 to 64 years | 1.3 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | - - | - - | 1.3 |
| 65 years and over | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | * | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | - - | 0.5 | - - | 0.7 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| No. of admissions | 464,056 | 146,571 | 90,246 | 131,382 | 15,150 | 37,828 | 9,553 | 9,184 | 11,638 | 241 | 2,967 | 968 | 318 | 398 | 175 | 7,437 |
| Average age at admission | 38 yrs | 42 yrs | 38 yrs | 36 yrs | 36 yrs | 37 yrs | 35 yrs | 25 yrs | 31 yrs | 37 yrs | 38 yrs | 37 yrs | 29 yrs | 28 yrs | 30 yrs | 34 yrs |
| * Less than 0.05 percent. | ||||||||||||||||
| - - Quantity is zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) - 3.01.04. | ||||||||||||||||