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

YEAR=2004

STATE: COLORADO 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. 69,120 45,805 5,945 2,515 1,469 5,593 1,607 753 7 26 4,875 67 181 68 44 165
% 100.0 66.3 8.6 3.6 2.1 8.1 2.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 7.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2
SEX   77.7 82.9 74.7 60.2 69.1 75.0 69.2 49.4 85.7 92.3 55.7 68.7 63.0 70.6 59.1 66.1
Male %
Female % 22.3 17.1 25.3 39.8 30.9 25.0 30.8 50.6 14.3 7.7 44.3 31.3 37.0 29.4 40.9 33.9
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
AGE AT ADMISSION   0.0 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
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 4.6 1.0 6.1 1.0 2.0 37.5 0.2 0.5 0.0 19.2 3.8 7.5 5.5 4.4 45.5 10.3
18-20 years % 5.4 4.0 7.3 4.9 5.4 12.4 2.6 3.2 14.3 26.9 8.9 4.5 5.0 4.4 2.3 15.8
21-25 years % 12.8 10.4 16.4 9.8 13.9 19.4 13.4 9.3 14.3 34.6 25.0 10.4 11.6 10.3 11.4 20.6
26-30 years % 10.7 9.0 13.2 13.2 12.8 10.2 17.6 15.5 28.6 7.7 19.1 10.4 12.7 19.1 15.9 11.5
31-35 years % 11.5 10.4 13.6 19.0 17.9 7.3 13.3 15.3 0.0 0.0 17.2 14.9 13.8 8.8 6.8 7.9
36-40 years % 13.4 14.0 14.1 18.6 19.7 5.3 11.5 14.2 0.0 0.0 12.4 19.4 10.5 14.7 4.5 8.5
41-45 years % 16.5 19.1 14.9 20.6 15.9 4.1 12.5 14.7 42.9 7.7 9.0 13.4 16.0 19.1 6.8 9.1
46-50 years % 12.3 15.2 8.1 9.1 8.5 2.4 14.3 18.1 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.5 13.3 5.9 2.3 6.7
51-55 years % 6.7 8.8 3.4 2.8 2.5 0.8 9.5 5.7 0.0 3.8 1.2 7.5 4.4 4.4 2.3 4.2
56-60 years % 3.6 4.8 1.9 0.7 1.1 0.3 4.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 7.5 5.0 4.4 0.0 1.8
61-65 years % 1.5 2.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2.2 2.9 0.0 0.0
66 years and over % 0.8 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.2
Unknown % 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.4
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   84.6 83.9 87.2 69.4 85.3 82.6 87.6 93.5 42.9 92.3 95.5 83.6 88.4 82.4 81.8 86.7
White %
Black or African- American % 8.2 7.5 7.6 26.7 10.6 12.9 8.9 2.3 57.1 7.7 1.7 7.5 8.3 5.9 0.0 7.3
American Indian or Alaska Native % 5.6 7.2 3.8 2.1 2.2 2.1 1.6 2.7 0.0 0.0 1.3 6.0 3.3 4.4 13.6 3.0
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.8 3.0 0.0 4.4 4.5 2.4
Other % 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.0 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   27.6 29.7 24.5 28.0 34.0 28.6 22.6 9.7 14.3 11.5 13.5 34.3 17.1 35.3 38.6 23.6
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 72.4 70.3 75.5 72.0 66.0 71.4 77.4 90.3 85.7 88.5 86.5 65.7 82.9 64.7 61.4 76.4
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.