Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions by Primary Substance of Abuse,
According to Sex, Age Group, Race, and Ethnicity
Year = 2010, 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. 1,955,535 436,187 353,759 114,302 47,146 364,624 272,336 170,255 4,993 1,813 118,546 1,249 17,395 4,461 1,563 46,906
% 100.0 22.3 18.1 5.8 2.4 18.6 13.9 8.7 0.3 0.1 6.1 0.1 0.9 0.2 0.1 2.4
SEX   67.1 72.2 72.1 56.9 67.0 73.2 66.6 53.4 59.5 71.0 52.7 50.8 49.9 44.2 60.7 57.9
Male %
Female % 32.8 27.8 27.8 43.1 33.0 26.8 33.4 46.6 40.4 29.0 47.2 49.1 50.1 55.8 39.3 37.2
Unknown % 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9
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   7.2 1.9 4.0 0.3 1.9 28.4 0.5 1.7 0.7 17.2 2.6 50.5 4.4 5.8 28.3 9.9
12-17 years %
18-20 years % 6.7 3.2 5.3 1.2 4.0 14.7 5.7 8.1 4.2 17.1 4.9 5.1 7.8 6.7 10.6 7.9
21-25 years % 15.4 9.8 13.1 5.3 12.1 19.8 19.3 24.9 19.2 20.5 16.9 9.1 17.4 16.6 13.0 16.3
26-30 years % 15.0 10.9 13.7 9.2 16.7 13.8 18.0 23.7 29.5 17.2 21.7 8.0 18.8 17.4 11.1 14.5
31-35 years % 11.3 10.2 11.5 11.2 15.0 8.2 12.0 14.0 19.3 10.6 17.4 8.3 13.6 13.1 10.4 11.0
36-40 years % 10.4 11.5 11.8 15.8 14.0 5.2 10.6 8.6 8.8 5.4 14.1 5.3 9.8 10.4 7.0 9.7
41-45 years % 10.8 13.8 13.7 20.9 14.1 3.5 10.9 6.2 6.4 4.3 10.6 5.4 8.7 7.3 5.6 9.6
46-50 years % 10.4 15.8 13.6 19.0 11.7 2.6 9.6 5.2 5.1 3.2 7.3 3.9 7.8 8.6 7.1 8.9
51-55 years % 6.6 11.1 7.9 10.6 6.5 1.3 6.6 3.6 1.7 1.7 3.1 2.7 5.9 5.7 3.5 6.0
56-60 years % 3.1 6.1 3.1 3.6 2.2 0.5 3.4 1.6 0.4 1.3 0.9 0.9 3.1 3.5 1.7 3.2
61-65 years % 1.1 2.7 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.1 1.7 0.3 1.3
66 years and over % 0.6 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 2.7 0.0 1.1
Unknown % 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.6 1.1 1.8 2.0 1.5 4.6 1.3 0.2 0.2 1.1 0.4 1.3 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   64.9 72.7 63.0 37.4 53.8 52.1 65.0 90.2 19.3 71.6 74.6 44.1 86.7 86.3 75.4 61.6
White %
Black or African-American % 21.3 13.5 23.7 54.9 30.7 32.3 19.1 3.5 64.9 17.7 3.5 21.6 4.9 5.9 9.6 22.2
American Indian or Alaska Native % 2.4 3.9 3.4 0.9 0.9 1.8 0.7 1.7 0.8 1.8 2.6 1.5 0.6 1.1 4.9 1.6
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 1.1 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.4 3.3 1.9 0.5 0.7 1.3 0.7
Other % 7.9 6.2 7.0 4.7 11.2 9.5 12.4 2.2 11.3 4.6 12.5 28.9 5.7 4.2 6.7 3.9
Unknown % 2.5 2.1 2.1 1.6 2.6 3.0 2.2 1.8 3.1 2.9 3.4 1.9 1.6 1.9 2.0 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
ETHNICITY   13.4 12.1 11.8 8.1 19.5 16.8 17.8 4.8 19.5 9.3 20.4 34.0 8.6 7.1 14.5 7.9
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 84.9 86.5 86.7 90.3 78.9 81.7 80.4 93.0 78.8 88.8 78.8 65.3 89.9 91.2 84.7 84.3
Unknown % 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.8 2.2 1.7 1.9 0.8 0.6 1.6 1.7 0.8 7.8
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 01, 2013
-- Quantity is zero