Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions by Primary Substance of Abuse,
According to Sex, Age Group, Race, and Ethnicity
Year = 2009, UNITED STATES

  Total PRIMARY SUBSTANCE
Alcohol only
Alcohol with secondary
drug		 Cocaine (smoked)
 Cocaine (other
route) 		Marijuana
Heroin
Other opiates
 PCP
Hallucinogens
 Amphetamines
Other stimulants
 Tranquilzers
Sedatives
Inhalants
Other/Unknown
Total No. 1,998,551 467,957 362,844 133,832 52,911 362,572 285,460 142,782 4,444 1,849 116,712 1,031 14,803 5,163 1,577 44,614
% 100.0 23.4 18.2 6.7 2.6 18.1 14.3 7.1 0.2 0.1 5.8 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.1 2.2
SEX   68.0 73.3 73.1 56.6 65.8 73.7 67.3 53.4 61.0 71.7 53.6 60.2 51.1 41.6 61.4 60.4
Male %
Female % 32.0 26.7 26.9 43.3 34.2 26.2 32.7 46.6 39.0 28.3 46.3 39.6 48.9 58.4 38.6 39.2
Unknown % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 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
AGE AT ADMISSION   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 2.6
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 7.7 2.3 4.5 0.3 1.9 30.1 0.5 2.1 1.3 23.8 2.5 27.4 5.4 6.9 33.4 11.7
18-20 years % 6.9 3.8 5.6 1.4 4.6 15.3 5.7 8.0 5.1 16.9 5.0 8.0 8.0 6.7 10.0 7.8
21-25 years % 15.3 10.4 13.5 6.1 13.1 20.0 18.6 24.4 21.5 20.4 17.5 13.9 17.8 18.8 11.9 15.2
26-30 years % 14.7 11.1 13.7 9.9 17.4 13.7 17.4 23.4 30.1 16.1 21.8 13.8 18.5 19.1 10.6 14.5
31-35 years % 11.0 10.1 11.2 11.4 14.9 7.6 11.8 13.6 17.4 9.0 16.7 9.1 11.7 11.3 8.1 10.5
36-40 years % 11.1 11.9 12.6 17.6 14.5 5.1 11.8 9.4 9.3 5.0 14.3 8.1 10.3 9.6 8.6 9.7
41-45 years % 11.7 14.5 14.5 21.8 14.1 3.5 12.3 6.9 7.4 3.3 11.1 5.8 9.4 8.1 5.5 9.0
46-50 years % 10.6 15.7 13.2 18.2 11.3 2.4 10.3 5.9 5.0 3.1 7.3 6.0 8.7 7.3 6.0 8.4
51-55 years % 6.4 10.6 7.2 9.1 5.5 1.2 6.8 3.8 2.2 1.7 2.8 3.6 5.9 5.7 3.0 5.4
56-60 years % 2.8 5.5 2.7 3.0 1.9 0.4 3.3 1.6 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.8 2.7 3.0 1.6 2.8
61-65 years % 1.0 2.4 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.3 1.2
66 years and over % 0.6 1.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.5 2.4 0.1 1.1
Unknown % 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.6 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
RACE   62.8 71.8 61.6 37.7 53.2 50.8 61.3 88.3 19.4 71.1 72.4 65.1 85.5 81.8 71.9 56.9
White %
Black or African-American % 20.6 12.0 22.7 52.0 28.4 30.4 19.9 3.6 61.5 17.5 3.6 14.8 4.9 6.6 8.8 19.6
American Indian or Alaska Native % 2.3 3.9 3.4 0.8 0.9 1.7 0.6 1.8 0.9 1.6 2.6 1.7 0.7 1.2 4.6 1.4
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 1.1 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 3.6 1.6 0.5 0.9 1.5 0.7
Other % 8.7 6.6 7.5 5.1 13.3 10.3 14.4 2.5 12.9 5.3 14.2 11.4 5.7 6.1 9.3 2.6
Unknown % 4.5 4.6 4.1 3.7 3.4 5.4 3.1 3.2 4.6 3.8 3.6 5.3 2.7 3.4 4.0 18.7
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   13.7 12.9 11.6 8.3 19.6 16.1 19.0 4.6 20.3 7.6 21.7 17.5 8.1 7.9 14.4 8.6
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 82.6 83.9 84.9 88.0 77.2 79.7 78.0 91.9 76.8 89.4 77.3 75.3 88.8 88.8 82.1 73.3
Unknown % 3.7 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.2 4.2 3.0 3.5 2.9 3.0 1.0 7.3 3.1 3.3 3.5 18.1
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

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SOURCE: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS)
Based on administrative data reported by States to TEDS through Apr 05, 2012
-- Quantity is zero