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

YEAR=2000

  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. 1,759,492 454,497 358,710 174,555 64,221 250,641 270,378 28,452 2,840 3,137 80,179 1,241 6,650 3,664 1,320 59,007
% 100.0 25.8 20.4 9.9 3.6 14.2 15.4 1.6 0.2 0.2 4.6 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 3.4
SEX   69.9 76.3 73.7 57.6 65.0 75.9 67.6 51.7 64.0 72.4 53.2 61.1 45.1 46.8 72.7 59.1
Male %
Female % 29.9 23.4 26.3 42.4 35.0 24.1 32.3 48.3 36.0 27.6 46.8 38.8 54.8 53.2 27.1 35.5
Unknown % 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 5.4
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   0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.8 4.8
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 7.8 2.4 6.3 0.6 2.3 34.0 0.6 1.4 5.9 31.4 4.9 15.2 4.1 4.7 40.1 14.3
18-20 years % 6.5 3.8 6.5 2.1 4.9 17.0 4.4 3.6 12.0 24.5 8.5 9.7 4.9 5.5 11.2 6.3
21-25 years % 11.4 8.2 11.2 6.6 11.6 18.2 11.6 10.5 26.9 20.1 17.9 11.2 9.5 9.6 10.4 10.9
26-30 years % 12.5 10.0 12.6 14.8 16.1 10.8 13.7 13.8 18.8 9.1 20.3 13.8 11.0 12.6 8.7 11.3
31-35 years % 15.7 13.5 17.7 24.3 21.5 7.8 17.2 16.0 15.7 5.0 19.3 16.4 14.6 14.2 6.0 12.2
36-40 years % 17.7 18.6 20.2 25.9 21.1 6.1 18.9 19.4 12.6 3.6 16.4 15.3 18.3 18.4 8.4 13.5
41-45 years % 13.5 16.8 14.2 16.1 13.4 3.5 16.5 17.5 5.6 3.2 8.3 10.1 16.6 17.1 8.2 10.6
46-50 years % 7.8 11.8 7.1 6.3 5.6 1.4 10.7 10.4 1.5 1.7 3.0 4.6 10.6 9.2 3.3 6.5
51-55 years % 3.6 7.0 2.6 2.1 2.1 0.5 4.3 4.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.3 4.5 4.7 0.7 3.2
56-60 years % 1.7 4.1 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.1 1.4 1.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.5 2.4 1.8 0.2 1.8
61-65 years % 0.7 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.7 0.9 0.0 0.8
66 years and over % 0.6 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.2 1.0 0.1 0.8
Unknown % 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.9 3.0
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   59.6 72.3 60.9 32.3 47.5 58.2 48.9 86.0 27.2 79.9 80.1 66.5 86.8 83.1 69.2 57.2
White %
Black or African- American % 25.2 13.1 26.7 60.4 36.8 28.3 24.9 7.0 43.7 8.5 2.5 20.7 5.0 8.7 4.7 25.2
American Indian or Alaska Native % 2.4 3.5 3.0 0.8 1.4 2.2 1.3 1.4 4.6 1.4 3.5 1.8 1.2 1.5 9.7 1.9
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.7 1.1 0.5 2.1 4.0 1.7 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.5
Other % 10.6 8.9 7.9 5.4 12.7 9.2 23.4 3.9 23.4 7.1 9.2 8.8 6.3 5.2 13.9 4.8
Unknown % 1.3 1.6 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.7 1.6 10.5
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   12.4 10.3 9.5 6.8 15.1 11.0 26.6 4.1 29.3 8.3 12.3 8.3 7.5 6.9 15.9 5.3
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 82.5 83.1 86.1 88.3 79.6 84.0 70.7 89.5 63.5 87.5 86.2 88.5 87.7 89.2 78.1 79.1
Unknown % 5.2 6.7 4.4 4.9 5.3 5.0 2.7 6.3 7.2 4.2 1.6 3.2 4.9 3.9 6.0 15.6
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

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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 11, 2008.
State not reporting: Puerto Rico