Table 3.5
Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to source of referral to treatment and number of prior treatment episodes: TEDS 2004
Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Source of referral to treatment and number of prior treatment episodes 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  1,875,026 416,510 336,954 265,895 63,243 184,949 71,438 298,317 150,402 1,007 8,558 4,487 2,408 3,272 1,209 66,377
Source of referral to treatment                
Criminal justice/DUI  36.3  41.6  35.0  14.5  16.1  26.8  34.3  57.0  50.4  38.4  19.6  27.0  49.5  58.9  28.1  19.9
Self- or individual  33.7  29.4  30.9  57.8  49.8  37.8  31.8  16.3  24.5  31.3  39.6  35.8  24.2  19.5  32.4  53.0
Substance abuse provider  10.7   9.1  13.3  16.2  14.5  15.3  12.9   5.5   5.1   8.8  17.2  12.9   8.5   7.6   8.4   2.2
Other health care provider   6.9   8.5   7.7   4.9  10.1   7.6   6.9   4.7   4.6   8.0  13.7  10.2   5.2   2.7  11.8   8.9
School (educational)   1.2   0.7   0.9   0.1   0.3   0.1   0.4   4.1   0.4   2.2   0.8   1.3   1.5   0.1   7.6   3.5
Employer/EAP   0.9   1.3   1.0   0.3   1.1   0.7   1.8   1.2   0.4   0.8   0.8   1.4   0.4   0.6   0.7   0.5
Other community referral  10.4   9.4  11.3   6.3   8.1  11.6  11.9  11.2  14.6  10.5   8.2  11.4  10.7  10.6  10.9  11.9
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  1,809,407 404,574 325,665 258,776 61,241 178,777 68,268 288,179 144,552   982 8,280 4,247 2,327 3,169 1,169 59,201
No. of prior treatment episodes                
None  43.5  50.7  38.2  22.0  39.5  32.5  40.4  57.6  49.9  47.6  43.3  46.3  48.2  42.0  55.1  73.5
1  23.2  22.4  23.5  20.1  25.4  23.6  25.7  24.6  26.6  26.4  23.2  24.0  24.8  24.7  19.2  12.1
2  12.4  10.7  13.5  15.7  13.9  15.4  14.2   9.6  11.7  12.0  12.0  13.5  12.3  15.0   8.6   5.2
3   6.9   5.8   8.0  10.6   7.6   9.5   7.7   3.9   5.2   5.5   6.3   5.9   5.6   6.8   4.9   2.5
4   3.9   3.1   4.7   7.0   4.3   5.6   4.1   1.6   2.4   1.9   4.1   3.2   2.9   3.7   3.2   1.3
5 or more  10.2   7.3  12.1  24.6   9.3  13.4   7.9   2.8   4.0   6.5  11.1   7.1   6.4   7.8   9.1   5.5
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  1,531,474 333,988 262,052 210,367 53,550 164,230 58,612 262,744 131,827   890 6,569 3,879 2,000 2,929 1,059 36,778
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.06.

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