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

YEAR=2005

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. 76,970 50,283 6,980 2,736 1,424 5,842 1,752 869 14 29 6,396 175 156 137 29 148
% 100.0 65.3 9.1 3.6 1.9 7.6 2.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 8.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2
SEX   78.0 83.6 76.2 58.1 69.6 76.2 68.0 51.0 71.4 89.7 54.6 88.6 60.9 75.9 96.6 64.9
Male %
Female % 22.0 16.4 23.8 41.9 30.4 23.8 32.0 49.0 28.6 10.3 45.4 11.4 39.1 24.1 3.4 35.1
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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 % 3.8 0.6 4.6 1.2 2.4 33.7 0.3 1.2 0.0 10.3 3.9 1.1 0.0 0.7 17.2 10.8
18-20 years % 5.3 3.8 6.9 3.2 5.7 13.6 2.3 3.3 21.4 13.8 9.6 0.6 3.8 3.6 10.3 3.4
21-25 years % 13.2 10.5 16.5 13.0 13.6 19.9 14.9 12.5 28.6 37.9 23.6 9.7 10.9 9.5 24.1 15.5
26-30 years % 10.7 8.9 12.4 10.6 15.5 11.4 15.0 15.3 28.6 13.8 19.7 9.1 13.5 8.0 17.2 10.8
31-35 years % 11.1 9.8 13.0 17.8 17.3 7.9 15.5 15.1 0.0 10.3 15.9 12.6 13.5 16.1 13.8 8.1
36-40 years % 12.9 13.4 14.0 19.3 14.3 5.4 10.5 12.4 7.1 10.3 12.5 11.4 12.2 16.8 3.4 10.8
41-45 years % 15.9 18.3 14.8 19.8 17.5 3.7 12.8 14.7 7.1 3.4 8.8 15.4 23.7 16.1 6.9 20.3
46-50 years % 12.8 15.7 10.2 9.9 9.0 2.5 12.6 12.1 0.0 0.0 4.1 21.1 11.5 9.5 3.4 8.1
51-55 years % 8.0 10.4 5.0 3.8 2.8 1.0 9.4 7.9 0.0 0.0 1.3 9.7 5.8 8.8 0.0 7.4
56-60 years % 3.7 5.0 1.7 1.0 1.4 0.4 4.5 3.7 7.1 0.0 0.2 5.7 2.6 2.9 0.0 1.4
61-65 years % 1.7 2.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 1.3 3.6 0.0 0.7
66 years and over % 0.8 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.6 4.4 0.0 0.7
Unknown % 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 3.4 2.0
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   82.1 80.4 85.1 67.1 86.0 81.5 88.3 94.6 35.7 82.8 94.9 86.9 87.2 81.8 89.7 85.8
White %
Black or African- American % 8.5 7.8 8.4 29.2 9.8 13.8 7.2 2.4 64.3 6.9 1.8 8.0 6.4 10.9 0.0 9.5
American Indian or Alaska Native % 5.8 7.6 4.0 1.3 1.5 2.3 1.4 1.2 0.0 6.9 1.6 4.0 3.2 5.1 6.9 1.4
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.0 3.4 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.0 0.0
Other % 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 1.4
Unknown % 2.1 2.9 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 2.6 0.7 3.4 2.0
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
ETHNICITY   27.5 29.3 25.3 27.6 37.0 30.2 23.1 10.2 7.1 10.3 15.0 38.3 16.0 28.5 65.5 23.6
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 70.3 67.8 73.6 71.7 62.1 69.7 76.3 89.5 92.9 89.7 84.5 61.1 81.4 70.8 31.0 74.3
Unknown % 2.1 2.9 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 2.6 0.7 3.4 2.0
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

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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.