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

YEAR=2006

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. 46,491 7,456 7,355 4,029 2,154 3,879 16,527 1,796 266 85 90 11 219 109 29 2,486
% 100.0 16.0 15.8 8.7 4.6 8.3 35.5 3.9 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 5.3
SEX   70.8 73.9 73.6 57.0 67.4 77.3 72.1 60.7 74.8 75.3 71.1 63.6 57.1 59.6 86.2 68.0
Male %
Female % 29.1 26.1 26.4 42.9 32.5 22.6 27.9 39.1 25.2 24.7 28.9 36.4 42.9 40.4 13.8 31.5
Unknown % 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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
AGE AT ADMISSION   0.0 0.0 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
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 1.6 0.4 1.5 0.1 1.3 13.3 0.2 0.7 3.0 2.4 2.2 9.1 0.5 0.9 0.0 0.8
18-20 years % 5.8 1.3 3.8 2.6 5.6 19.2 6.1 5.6 10.2 11.8 11.1 9.1 7.3 9.2 10.3 5.4
21-25 years % 15.4 5.1 10.5 8.7 14.5 27.4 19.8 24.4 42.1 18.8 17.8 9.1 19.2 14.7 31.0 14.7
26-30 years % 12.9 6.5 10.2 10.6 16.0 17.6 15.1 18.5 27.4 22.4 16.7 45.5 13.2 12.8 17.2 13.2
31-35 years % 12.8 8.7 12.0 15.8 15.8 10.0 14.2 11.6 15.0 16.5 14.4 9.1 12.3 9.2 13.8 15.2
36-40 years % 16.2 15.0 19.0 23.3 18.2 6.0 16.6 12.1 1.1 11.8 16.7 0.0 14.6 11.0 10.3 16.5
41-45 years % 16.2 21.8 22.1 21.0 16.6 3.8 13.4 12.3 0.4 7.1 13.3 9.1 14.2 20.2 0.0 16.2
46-50 years % 10.9 18.7 13.2 12.4 7.7 1.8 9.0 8.2 0.0 7.1 5.6 9.1 12.3 11.0 10.3 10.5
51-55 years % 5.2 12.3 5.3 3.8 2.7 0.7 3.8 4.1 0.0 1.2 2.2 0.0 3.7 10.1 6.9 4.9
56-60 years % 2.1 6.2 1.7 1.2 1.0 0.1 1.3 1.4 0.4 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.9 0.0 1.6
61-65 years % 0.6 2.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.4
66 years and over % 0.4 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.5
Unknown % 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 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   57.1 73.6 58.0 43.9 50.6 37.5 57.3 79.8 19.5 51.8 63.3 72.7 75.3 67.9 58.6 46.8
White %
Black or African- American % 18.9 10.3 26.1 37.1 25.5 36.9 10.6 2.8 55.6 27.1 10.0 18.2 3.2 11.0 3.4 23.7
American Indian or Alaska Native % 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.4 1.1 0.0 1.1 0.0 1.4 0.9 0.0 0.4
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.7 3.0 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.6
Other % 19.1 10.8 11.5 13.8 16.9 18.1 27.8 11.9 19.9 15.3 14.4 9.1 14.2 15.6 27.6 26.7
Unknown % 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.9 4.2 3.4 2.9 3.5 2.3 4.7 11.1 0.0 5.9 3.7 10.3 1.7
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
ETHNICITY   33.3 25.3 27.1 28.0 32.2 32.3 42.0 24.9 34.6 41.2 27.8 36.4 25.1 30.3 34.5 36.1
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 57.1 62.9 62.7 61.8 57.9 55.5 50.5 62.2 54.5 48.2 50.0 54.5 61.2 62.4 48.3 57.4
Unknown % 9.6 11.8 10.2 10.3 9.9 12.2 7.5 12.9 10.9 10.6 22.2 9.1 13.7 7.3 17.2 6.5
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.