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

YEAR=2005

STATE: CONNECTICUT 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. 47,155 7,644 7,070 3,737 1,847 3,435 17,154 1,724 222 79 110 13 177 90 41 3,812
% 100.0 16.2 15.0 7.9 3.9 7.3 36.4 3.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 8.1
SEX   70.8 74.5 73.1 57.9 67.7 75.7 72.8 64.3 71.2 75.9 65.5 38.5 53.1 50.0 63.4 64.5
Male %
Female % 28.9 25.2 26.6 41.9 32.0 23.8 27.1 35.6 28.8 24.1 34.5 61.5 46.9 48.9 36.6 34.4
Unknown % 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 1.1
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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 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 % 1.3 0.3 0.8 0.1 1.0 13.2 0.2 0.3 4.1 3.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 0.9
18-20 years % 5.8 1.5 3.6 1.6 7.3 16.9 6.8 9.9 11.7 16.5 4.5 23.1 6.2 2.2 19.5 5.0
21-25 years % 14.9 4.8 9.9 7.5 13.0 29.6 19.2 23.5 43.2 24.1 25.5 23.1 15.8 16.7 19.5 13.7
26-30 years % 12.8 6.1 10.9 9.8 15.2 18.5 14.7 17.0 28.8 24.1 12.7 15.4 20.3 12.2 19.5 15.2
31-35 years % 14.1 9.1 13.7 18.7 17.6 9.3 15.9 12.0 10.4 13.9 20.9 15.4 10.2 17.8 7.3 15.8
36-40 years % 16.9 16.1 21.2 25.7 19.2 6.2 16.3 12.6 1.4 2.5 15.5 7.7 10.7 16.7 17.1 17.3
41-45 years % 15.7 22.1 19.3 21.0 15.5 3.1 13.5 11.0 0.5 12.7 9.1 7.7 11.9 16.7 4.9 15.8
46-50 years % 10.3 18.0 13.1 10.2 6.7 2.2 8.4 7.2 0.0 1.3 3.6 7.7 13.0 10.0 7.3 9.4
51-55 years % 4.9 11.7 5.2 3.6 3.1 0.5 3.5 3.7 0.0 1.3 5.5 0.0 6.8 2.2 2.4 4.1
56-60 years % 1.8 5.8 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.2 0.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 4.0 3.3 0.0 1.6
61-65 years % 0.7 2.7 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
66 years and over % 0.7 1.9 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.2 0.0 0.6
Unknown % 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 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   56.3 73.3 57.8 44.0 49.9 36.8 56.7 82.0 13.1 44.3 70.9 84.6 80.2 87.8 51.2 38.9
White %
Black or African- American % 19.2 10.7 25.4 38.9 26.0 37.3 11.3 3.4 55.9 31.6 7.3 0.0 3.4 6.7 24.4 28.1
American Indian or Alaska Native % 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.8 2.7 2.8 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.4 2.2 0.8 1.2 3.2 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 2.4 0.7
Other % 18.6 9.9 10.9 12.4 15.0 16.3 26.9 8.6 24.3 20.3 10.9 7.7 10.7 3.3 17.1 28.0
Unknown % 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.1 5.0 4.7 3.7 4.4 3.6 2.5 10.9 7.7 5.1 2.2 4.9 3.8
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
ETHNICITY   33.0 22.2 25.8 25.7 34.1 35.6 42.4 20.8 37.8 36.7 27.3 7.7 31.1 21.1 19.5 36.1
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 56.0 64.4 62.4 62.7 54.2 49.5 48.9 62.1 45.9 51.9 53.6 76.9 54.2 65.6 56.1 56.6
Unknown % 11.0 13.4 11.8 11.6 11.7 14.9 8.6 17.1 16.2 11.4 19.1 15.4 14.7 13.3 24.4 7.3
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.