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

YEAR=2005

STATE: NEW YORK 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. 314,381 58,835 86,359 36,565 15,873 42,083 61,815 6,691 475 195 704 97 1,366 776 106 2,441
% 100.0 18.7 27.5 11.6 5.0 13.4 19.7 2.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.8
SEX   75.4 77.9 78.8 64.1 73.4 78.0 76.5 60.1 84.8 76.9 69.6 78.4 60.5 45.0 78.3 66.5
Male %
Female % 24.6 22.1 21.2 35.9 26.6 22.0 23.5 39.9 15.2 23.1 30.4 21.6 39.5 55.0 21.7 33.5
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
AGE AT ADMISSION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.9
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 4.4 0.9 2.1 0.3 2.5 24.5 0.4 2.3 2.5 19.0 3.7 5.2 1.5 1.3 20.8 5.1
18-20 years % 4.7 1.7 3.3 1.7 5.0 16.7 2.7 6.5 6.3 16.4 6.0 12.4 3.0 3.4 9.4 7.6
21-25 years % 10.2 6.3 8.5 5.4 11.8 21.5 10.1 16.4 27.8 18.5 20.0 19.6 8.3 6.8 17.9 17.7
26-30 years % 10.0 6.9 8.7 8.1 12.4 13.7 11.9 14.8 20.8 12.8 17.2 14.4 9.4 8.9 10.4 12.0
31-35 years % 11.9 9.4 12.3 14.6 14.1 8.4 13.7 12.2 14.7 7.7 16.6 6.2 11.1 9.7 8.5 10.8
36-40 years % 17.0 13.9 19.7 25.2 18.6 6.9 18.7 13.0 12.0 8.7 15.1 18.6 12.8 13.1 7.5 11.3
41-45 years % 18.1 18.7 22.0 24.3 18.2 4.5 18.7 12.9 10.3 8.7 12.2 9.3 16.5 13.3 10.4 12.1
46-50 years % 12.3 16.4 13.9 13.2 10.4 2.4 13.1 10.3 3.4 4.1 4.5 6.2 16.4 13.3 9.4 8.2
51-55 years % 6.5 11.9 6.0 4.8 4.7 1.0 7.0 7.1 1.9 3.6 3.3 5.2 12.6 8.8 3.8 5.9
56-60 years % 2.9 7.1 2.3 1.6 1.5 0.3 2.5 2.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 3.1 5.5 5.0 1.9 2.4
61-65 years % 1.2 3.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.2 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.6 3.2 0.0 0.6
66 years and over % 0.9 3.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 13.1 0.0 0.5
Unknown % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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   44.2 61.0 41.3 33.5 43.5 37.3 36.9 86.5 26.9 61.5 75.3 56.7 69.9 79.3 54.7 64.7
White %
Black or African- American % 34.3 20.1 41.9 54.8 32.3 44.5 23.4 5.3 52.6 20.5 12.1 30.9 9.3 8.1 30.2 17.9
American Indian or Alaska Native % 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.4
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 0.7 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.1 2.1 1.8 1.0 0.8 0.9 2.8 1.5
Other % 20.2 16.9 15.5 10.8 23.1 17.0 38.8 6.8 19.4 15.9 9.9 11.3 19.8 11.3 12.3 15.5
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
ETHNICITY   21.4 16.7 16.4 12.2 25.2 18.9 41.2 7.1 21.9 16.9 10.2 21.6 19.5 10.7 13.2 14.7
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 78.6 83.3 83.6 87.8 74.8 81.1 58.8 92.9 78.1 83.1 89.8 78.4 80.5 89.3 86.8 85.3
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.