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

YEAR=2006

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. 78,468 49,771 8,338 3,109 1,689 5,984 1,777 1,054 6 39 6,075 154 192 101 35 144
% 100.0 63.4 10.6 4.0 2.2 7.6 2.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 7.7 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2
SEX   76.6 81.9 75.8 57.6 68.6 76.0 71.5 52.0 83.3 64.1 53.3 84.4 63.0 66.3 97.1 63.2
Male %
Female % 23.4 18.1 24.2 42.4 31.4 24.0 28.5 48.0 16.7 35.9 46.7 15.6 37.0 33.7 2.9 36.8
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 2.9 0.0
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 3.7 0.8 4.2 1.3 2.5 31.2 0.2 0.7 16.7 12.8 2.9 1.3 0.5 0.0 37.1 6.9
18-20 years % 5.7 4.4 7.6 3.9 6.2 13.0 3.4 4.9 0.0 12.8 7.5 2.6 7.8 4.0 5.7 11.1
21-25 years % 13.9 11.7 15.9 11.6 13.9 20.0 13.4 14.4 50.0 20.5 23.4 11.0 15.1 13.9 5.7 16.7
26-30 years % 11.6 9.4 12.7 12.7 15.1 12.9 17.7 20.0 33.3 15.4 21.3 11.7 12.5 14.9 22.9 9.0
31-35 years % 11.1 9.9 12.7 16.9 14.9 7.8 14.6 15.0 0.0 12.8 16.3 7.8 13.5 16.8 11.4 10.4
36-40 years % 12.6 12.9 13.0 18.6 17.8 6.1 10.2 10.8 0.0 5.1 12.8 12.3 10.9 11.9 8.6 10.4
41-45 years % 14.7 16.6 14.3 18.7 15.0 4.6 12.2 10.3 0.0 5.1 9.3 14.9 13.5 7.9 0.0 13.2
46-50 years % 13.0 16.1 10.3 10.6 9.2 2.3 12.9 11.1 0.0 12.8 4.7 18.8 10.9 12.9 2.9 10.4
51-55 years % 7.9 10.2 5.9 4.1 3.6 1.0 10.0 8.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 12.3 9.4 11.9 2.9 6.3
56-60 years % 3.5 4.7 2.1 1.1 1.4 0.6 3.8 2.9 0.0 2.6 0.4 4.5 3.1 3.0 0.0 3.5
61-65 years % 1.5 2.1 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 2.1 2.0 0.0 1.4
66 years and over % 0.8 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
Unknown % 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
RACE   84.7 84.0 85.5 71.9 85.3 81.1 91.1 95.0 50.0 84.6 95.2 74.0 89.6 83.2 97.1 91.0
White %
Black or African- American % 7.9 6.9 8.3 24.8 11.2 14.1 4.2 2.0 33.3 2.6 1.5 14.3 6.3 8.9 0.0 3.5
American Indian or Alaska Native % 5.4 6.8 4.8 1.8 1.8 2.8 3.0 1.8 16.7 5.1 1.5 5.8 2.6 5.0 2.9 0.7
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.0 5.1 1.0 1.3 1.0 2.0 0.0 4.2
Other % 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.7
Unknown % 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.6 0.0 4.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ETHNICITY   26.5 28.6 23.0 27.5 34.9 28.2 20.3 12.4 16.7 17.9 14.5 30.5 21.4 22.8 51.4 19.4
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 72.9 70.6 76.7 72.3 64.9 71.8 79.6 87.5 83.3 79.5 85.5 64.9 78.1 77.2 48.6 80.6
Unknown % 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.6 0.0 4.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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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.