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

YEAR=2005

STATE: CALIFORNIA Total PRIMARY SUBSTANCE
Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Cocaine (other route) Mari- juana Heroin Other opiates PCP Hallu- cino- gens Amphet- amines Other stim- ulants Tran- quil- izers Seda- tives Inha- lants Other/ Un- known
Total No. 183,136 15,725 17,955 15,765 3,335 26,714 29,764 3,213 724 167 67,052 89 247 322 336 1,728
% 100.0 8.6 9.8 8.6 1.8 14.6 16.3 1.8 0.4 0.1 36.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.9
SEX   64.4 66.7 69.1 63.9 76.9 72.2 70.4 52.8 59.1 70.1 57.5 59.6 38.5 47.2 52.1 54.7
Male %
Female % 35.6 33.3 30.9 36.1 23.1 27.8 29.6 47.2 40.9 29.9 42.5 40.4 61.5 52.8 47.9 45.3
Unknown % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
AGE AT ADMISSION   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.3 4.1
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 10.5 11.2 11.2 0.7 4.5 43.4 0.4 0.7 1.9 21.0 4.8 15.7 8.5 5.3 17.3 11.9
18-20 years % 5.7 2.6 4.4 1.8 5.7 11.3 1.9 4.1 2.3 23.4 7.4 6.7 2.4 3.4 2.7 5.4
21-25 years % 14.1 6.7 10.9 5.7 15.1 15.4 8.0 14.8 13.1 25.7 20.8 6.7 8.5 10.6 9.2 12.2
26-30 years % 12.4 7.4 10.7 7.6 14.8 9.5 9.9 11.2 14.1 13.2 17.4 12.4 14.2 14.3 13.1 10.5
31-35 years % 12.0 9.5 12.0 11.0 14.9 6.2 10.4 12.9 21.3 5.4 15.5 14.6 15.0 11.8 12.5 10.9
36-40 years % 13.5 13.5 15.2 19.1 15.5 5.3 14.8 13.0 22.1 3.0 14.3 11.2 13.0 9.9 11.3 9.9
41-45 years % 13.6 16.2 16.5 23.9 14.7 4.3 17.9 13.1 16.9 3.0 11.5 21.3 15.0 14.6 10.7 11.7
46-50 years % 9.6 13.6 10.6 17.0 8.3 2.5 17.5 12.8 5.9 1.8 5.8 4.5 10.1 12.4 11.9 10.4
51-55 years % 5.3 9.7 5.4 8.6 4.1 1.3 12.1 10.0 1.5 2.4 1.8 1.1 8.9 8.1 5.7 7.3
56-60 years % 2.2 5.5 2.0 3.1 1.8 0.4 4.8 4.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 4.5 0.4 4.0 3.9 4.0
61-65 years % 0.7 2.4 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.1 1.6 1.6 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.0 2.4 2.8 0.9 0.9
66 years and over % 0.4 1.7 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.7 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.1 1.2 2.8 0.6 0.8
Unknown % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
RACE   49.6 55.4 52.1 18.9 34.1 37.4 51.0 73.9 13.5 48.5 58.5 43.8 65.6 69.9 69.9 61.5
White %
Black or African- American % 16.1 13.7 17.6 64.9 23.7 22.6 11.9 5.4 32.5 24.0 4.3 23.6 12.6 8.7 5.4 7.3
American Indian or Alaska Native % 3.3 3.5 3.9 1.2 2.8 3.3 2.6 1.9 11.2 2.4 4.0 4.5 2.0 4.3 1.5 2.2
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 3.2 3.2 2.3 2.4 2.3 3.3 1.7 6.0 2.5 5.4 4.3 3.4 3.6 3.1 1.8 4.5
Other % 27.4 24.0 23.7 12.4 36.7 32.9 32.6 12.7 40.2 19.8 28.5 24.7 16.2 14.0 21.1 24.0
Unknown % 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6
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
ETHNICITY   35.1 31.1 30.5 18.3 46.8 41.4 39.5 12.3 55.5 24.6 37.5 28.1 19.8 17.4 24.7 26.0
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 64.7 68.8 69.4 81.6 53.1 58.5 60.5 87.5 44.3 75.4 62.3 71.9 79.8 82.6 75.3 63.8
Unknown % 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 10.2
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

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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.