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

YEAR=2006

  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. 1,956,853 430,971 353,761 196,377 78,420 308,520 275,252 83,270 2,846 1,597 161,104 1,093 9,914 4,079 1,104 48,545
% 100.0 22.0 18.1 10.0 4.0 15.8 14.1 4.3 0.1 0.1 8.2 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1 2.5
SEX   68.2 74.5 74.0 58.4 64.5 73.7 67.9 53.7 70.9 72.7 53.9 57.1 48.1 42.7 67.3 60.7
Male %
Female % 31.8 25.5 26.0 41.6 35.5 26.3 32.1 46.2 29.1 27.2 46.0 42.8 51.8 57.2 32.7 39.1
Unknown % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 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
AGE AT ADMISSION   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.1
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 7.4 2.6 5.0 0.7 3.7 31.0 0.4 1.6 3.2 19.5 3.8 29.2 4.0 7.2 41.2 10.3
18-20 years % 6.5 3.8 5.7 2.3 6.5 15.1 4.6 6.6 5.6 17.0 7.1 6.4 6.2 6.6 9.0 7.1
21-25 years % 14.7 10.3 13.2 7.7 15.9 20.5 15.5 22.6 25.6 23.6 21.0 10.3 16.0 16.0 11.4 15.7
26-30 years % 13.1 9.9 11.9 10.4 16.8 12.8 14.6 19.6 24.9 15.5 20.0 10.8 14.8 13.3 9.2 14.0
31-35 years % 11.6 10.2 11.7 14.3 14.6 7.5 12.7 13.3 14.9 9.3 15.8 7.9 12.4 11.8 7.5 12.0
36-40 years % 13.3 13.1 15.3 21.0 15.1 5.3 15.0 11.0 10.9 4.9 13.6 11.4 12.2 11.4 5.0 11.7
41-45 years % 13.9 16.8 17.3 21.8 13.7 4.0 14.5 10.2 8.6 4.1 10.6 7.7 12.6 11.5 6.3 11.4
46-50 years % 10.2 14.8 11.7 13.8 8.3 2.3 11.6 7.9 4.9 2.8 5.5 7.9 11.1 9.0 5.3 8.3
51-55 years % 5.4 9.6 5.4 5.5 3.6 0.9 7.1 4.5 1.1 1.3 1.8 3.8 6.1 6.1 2.6 4.6
56-60 years % 2.3 5.1 1.9 1.8 1.2 0.3 2.8 1.8 0.3 0.8 0.5 1.8 2.9 2.8 0.4 2.2
61-65 years % 0.8 2.2 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.4 0.9
66 years and over % 0.5 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.6 3.1 0.2 0.6
Unknown % 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.5 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   63.3 75.1 61.8 42.8 58.5 55.2 56.0 90.0 21.0 68.9 73.1 54.5 86.3 83.3 70.4 70.5
White %
Black or African- American % 22.1 11.7 25.1 49.5 25.6 30.0 23.0 4.2 58.6 18.9 3.3 24.4 5.3 6.7 6.7 16.6
American Indian or Alaska Native % 2.3 4.1 3.0 0.8 1.0 1.9 0.7 1.5 0.8 1.9 3.1 2.8 0.8 1.1 6.9 2.4
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.7 3.5 1.5 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.9
Other % 9.5 6.4 8.1 5.2 12.8 9.7 18.4 2.6 16.5 5.9 14.3 13.7 6.2 6.4 12.0 3.9
Unknown % 1.6 1.8 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.9 1.1 1.1 2.2 2.6 2.6 3.0 0.9 1.8 3.1 5.6
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
ETHNICITY   14.4 12.9 11.2 8.0 17.8 14.1 23.8 4.2 23.3 9.8 20.8 17.1 8.1 8.8 17.7 15.1
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 83.4 84.9 86.7 89.0 79.5 84.1 74.3 92.6 74.6 87.7 78.0 80.7 88.4 89.4 78.8 78.6
Unknown % 2.2 2.2 2.0 3.1 2.7 1.7 1.9 3.2 2.1 2.6 1.2 2.2 3.5 1.8 3.5 6.3
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.