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

YEAR=2003

  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. 1,867,724 431,439 344,818 184,764 69,939 291,752 274,094 52,766 4,176 2,235 133,866 1,284 8,158 4,273 1,216 62,944
% 100.0 23.1 18.5 9.9 3.7 15.6 14.7 2.8 0.2 0.1 7.2 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 3.4
SEX   69.1 75.4 73.8 59.1 66.2 74.7 67.8 53.2 67.3 73.6 55.4 59.3 47.3 47.9 73.6 60.9
Male %
Female % 30.8 24.6 26.2 40.9 33.7 25.3 32.2 46.8 32.6 26.4 44.6 40.7 52.7 52.0 26.3 38.9
Unknown % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2
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 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.2
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 8.4 2.5 5.5 0.7 2.9 34.7 0.5 1.8 4.0 19.7 4.9 12.8 4.9 6.6 42.5 18.8
18-20 years % 6.6 3.8 6.1 2.1 5.4 15.9 4.3 6.1 10.9 20.4 8.5 8.6 6.5 5.8 6.9 6.1
21-25 years % 13.4 9.3 12.8 7.1 14.0 19.7 13.6 17.9 28.7 27.6 20.6 13.1 12.8 13.8 14.9 12.2
26-30 years % 11.3 8.9 10.8 10.3 14.3 10.5 12.7 15.4 19.1 12.7 17.8 12.9 11.8 13.3 8.6 10.6
31-35 years % 13.6 11.8 14.6 19.4 17.4 7.3 15.6 14.8 14.6 6.8 17.6 12.8 12.6 13.1 6.3 11.1
36-40 years % 15.6 15.9 18.4 24.9 19.2 5.4 17.2 14.1 11.2 5.1 14.7 12.5 14.6 14.1 7.5 11.6
41-45 years % 14.2 17.8 16.5 20.3 15.0 3.6 15.7 13.4 7.0 3.8 10.0 12.5 14.2 14.7 5.6 10.6
46-50 years % 9.0 13.6 9.3 10.0 7.3 1.7 11.7 9.4 3.2 2.2 4.1 8.2 12.1 9.9 4.3 7.1
51-55 years % 4.4 8.2 3.9 3.6 2.8 0.7 5.9 4.3 0.9 1.1 1.2 3.8 5.9 4.7 1.6 3.9
56-60 years % 1.8 4.4 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.2 1.8 1.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 1.8 2.3 1.9 0.5 1.9
61-65 years % 0.7 2.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.8
66 years and over % 0.5 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.7
Unknown % 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.4
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
RACE   61.4 74.7 60.7 36.5 52.7 57.0 51.2 89.4 23.1 70.3 75.1 70.3 86.6 83.4 72.5 65.8
White %
Black or African- American % 24.3 12.9 26.4 56.2 31.6 29.2 25.8 4.8 55.3 16.7 2.8 17.8 5.4 7.8 7.2 23.9
American Indian or Alaska Native % 2.2 3.3 2.7 0.8 1.3 1.9 1.2 1.4 3.0 1.7 3.3 3.0 0.8 1.5 5.3 1.7
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.6 1.0 2.3 3.7 1.6 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.5
Other % 9.9 6.7 8.5 4.9 12.5 9.4 20.2 2.9 17.2 7.9 14.3 5.8 5.8 5.9 13.0 3.9
Unknown % 1.2 1.6 0.9 0.7 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.4 1.1 0.9 1.4 0.9 0.7 2.0 4.3
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
ETHNICITY   13.3 11.9 10.8 7.0 16.4 12.6 24.8 3.5 21.5 9.0 17.3 15.5 7.5 8.3 16.4 6.2
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 82.8 84.5 85.7 89.4 79.2 83.2 71.9 91.3 69.8 86.8 80.0 80.4 88.2 89.0 80.1 82.5
Unknown % 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.6 4.4 4.2 3.3 5.2 8.7 4.2 2.7 4.1 4.3 2.7 3.5 11.3
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.