Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions by Primary Substance of Abuse,
According to Sex, Age Group, Race, and Ethnicity

YEAR=2006

STATE: ALABAMA Total PRIMARY SUBSTANCE
Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Cocaine (other route) Mari- juana Heroin Other opiates Hallu- cino- gens Amphet- amines Other stim- ulants Tran- quil- izers Seda- tives Inha- lants Other/ Un- known
Total No. 20,840 3,446 2,934 2,557 2,145 5,927 68 1,586 12 1,768 11 213 45 15 113
% 100.0 16.5 14.1 12.3 10.3 28.4 0.3 7.6 0.1 8.5 0.1 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.5
SEX   69.4 77.0 75.6 63.4 63.0 76.4 54.4 51.6 91.7 57.9 72.7 46.0 48.9 60.0 61.9
Male %
Female % 30.6 23.0 24.4 36.6 37.0 23.6 45.6 48.4 8.3 42.1 27.3 54.0 51.1 40.0 38.1
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
AGE AT ADMISSION   9.7 5.8 5.3 1.9 1.7 24.7 1.5 1.5 41.7 2.9 18.2 8.5 4.4 33.3 1.8
12-17 years %
18-20 years % 6.9 3.6 4.2 3.0 3.2 14.0 2.9 4.7 16.7 5.5 9.1 11.3 11.1 0.0 3.5
21-25 years % 15.1 8.5 11.7 11.1 11.5 19.5 20.6 24.4 8.3 19.8 9.1 21.6 20.0 6.7 11.5
26-30 years % 15.5 10.3 13.3 12.6 16.6 15.3 20.6 23.5 0.0 23.9 0.0 16.9 26.7 20.0 25.7
31-35 years % 12.1 10.0 11.8 13.5 13.9 9.0 10.3 16.2 16.7 19.0 18.2 10.8 15.6 6.7 10.6
36-40 years % 10.9 12.6 12.8 16.6 15.6 5.2 5.9 8.8 8.3 11.8 9.1 10.8 11.1 6.7 14.2
41-45 years % 11.2 15.3 14.8 17.3 16.3 4.1 13.2 9.1 0.0 8.3 9.1 7.5 6.7 6.7 10.6
46-50 years % 7.8 12.9 10.7 12.3 11.0 2.1 5.9 5.2 0.0 3.9 27.3 5.2 2.2 0.0 11.5
51-55 years % 3.9 8.6 5.1 5.3 4.4 0.8 14.7 3.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 4.4
56-60 years % 1.6 4.5 1.9 2.2 1.3 0.3 2.9 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.5 2.2 0.0 2.7
61-65 years % 0.6 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
66 years and over % 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9
Unknown % 4.6 4.6 7.8 3.6 3.8 4.8 1.5 2.3 8.3 3.1 0.0 3.3 0.0 20.0 2.7
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
RACE   58.2 65.1 53.9 44.5 50.0 42.9 75.0 92.3 33.3 96.5 63.6 94.8 91.1 93.3 49.6
White %
Black or African- American % 40.9 33.4 45.3 54.6 49.3 56.3 22.1 6.9 66.7 2.5 36.4 4.7 8.9 6.7 49.6
American Indian or Alaska Native % 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9
Other % 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Unknown % 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
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
ETHNICITY   1.6 2.2 1.9 1.1 1.4 1.1 5.9 1.1 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.9 4.4 0.0 1.8
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 98.4 97.7 98.0 98.9 98.6 98.8 94.1 98.9 100.0 97.7 100.0 98.6 95.6 100.0 98.2
Unknown % 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
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

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SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
Based on administrative data reported by States to TEDS through January 6, 2009.