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

YEAR=2002

  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. 1,900,934 449,016 364,722 179,363 66,333 289,227 286,107 46,138 3,927 2,715 123,069 1,366 8,295 4,488 1,219 74,949
% 100.0 23.6 19.2 9.4 3.5 15.2 15.1 2.4 0.2 0.1 6.5 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 3.9
SEX   69.8 76.2 73.8 58.5 67.0 75.5 68.4 53.5 66.8 72.5 55.6 64.9 50.1 48.8 71.5 62.4
Male %
Female % 30.1 23.7 26.2 41.5 32.9 24.5 31.6 46.5 33.1 27.5 44.3 35.1 49.9 51.2 28.4 37.5
Unknown % 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
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   0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.7
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 8.3 2.4 6.0 0.6 2.7 34.4 0.5 1.5 4.9 24.6 4.7 14.2 4.8 6.0 38.2 17.4
18-20 years % 6.6 3.7 6.3 2.0 5.1 16.1 4.2 5.2 10.4 20.4 8.6 8.0 6.2 6.4 10.0 6.7
21-25 years % 12.8 8.9 12.4 6.7 12.8 19.6 13.2 14.9 28.4 25.7 19.8 15.0 11.0 13.1 14.5 12.3
26-30 years % 11.4 9.0 11.1 11.2 13.9 10.3 12.8 14.6 18.3 10.9 18.0 12.0 10.6 10.8 8.4 11.1
31-35 years % 14.2 12.0 15.7 21.1 18.8 7.4 16.0 15.6 14.3 5.6 18.1 13.0 13.4 13.7 7.4 11.8
36-40 years % 16.4 17.1 19.2 25.9 20.8 5.6 17.7 15.6 12.7 5.0 15.5 12.7 15.5 14.6 5.5 12.7
41-45 years % 14.0 17.6 15.7 19.1 14.8 3.5 15.9 14.9 7.5 4.3 9.8 12.8 14.5 16.2 6.8 10.6
46-50 years % 8.6 13.4 8.3 8.8 7.0 1.7 11.3 10.3 2.5 1.7 3.8 7.2 10.8 9.9 3.7 7.0
51-55 years % 4.2 7.9 3.5 3.1 2.5 0.6 5.4 4.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 2.3 5.0 4.2 1.9 3.5
56-60 years % 1.7 4.2 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.1 1.9 1.7 0.7 1.7
61-65 years % 0.7 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.7
66 years and over % 0.5 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.2 0.8 0.1 0.6
Unknown % 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 3.9 1.9 0.7 0.3
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
RACE   61.1 74.0 60.8 34.9 50.7 57.8 51.2 88.6 24.0 76.7 76.5 68.4 84.3 82.4 73.0 62.0
White %
Black or African- American % 24.4 12.9 26.8 58.0 33.7 28.7 24.8 5.5 50.6 11.6 2.7 19.2 4.7 7.8 5.7 26.2
American Indian or Alaska Native % 2.3 3.6 2.8 0.8 1.3 2.0 1.3 1.4 3.6 1.5 3.5 2.9 0.8 1.3 5.3 2.0
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.2 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.8 3.7 1.8 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.5
Other % 9.9 7.3 8.3 5.0 12.3 9.2 20.8 3.0 20.6 7.7 13.0 7.5 5.5 5.4 13.9 3.7
Unknown % 1.3 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.1 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.3 4.2 2.4 1.6 5.7
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   13.0 11.4 10.3 6.9 16.5 12.2 25.1 3.7 26.9 10.2 16.3 16.0 7.4 7.1 18.1 4.8
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 82.2 82.9 85.5 88.7 78.0 83.2 71.2 90.5 63.1 85.8 81.4 81.4 84.8 88.7 76.0 85.2
Unknown % 4.8 5.7 4.2 4.4 5.5 4.6 3.6 5.8 9.9 4.1 2.3 2.6 7.8 4.3 5.9 10.0
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 11, 2008.