Table 3.7. Heroin admissions aged 12 and older with planned medication-assisted opioid therapy,¹ by usual route of administration and age group: 2000-2010 Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions.]
Usual route of administration and age group	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Total heroin admissions	269,891	277,321	284,359	273,821	262,373	260,390	266,804	261,558	280,099	284,484	256,256
Total medication-assisted opioid therapy admissions	36.6	35.6	35.1	32.5	31.1	30.1	30.3	29.5	29.2	28.8	27.9
Usual route of administration (Percentage in each group receiving medication-assisted opioid therapy)
Injection	42.7	40.8	39.0	35.3	33.3	30.9	29.8	28.9	28.4	27.6	27.1
Inhalation	29.1	31.0	32.2	30.4	28.3	28.3	31.1	29.9	30.8	31.4	30.3
Smoking	47.0	39.2	39.2	37.3	38.1	35.8	33.4	34.8	31.7	31.9	29.1
Other	20.1	21.1	23.1	23.0	32.0	26.8	26.2	23.9	22.9	21.4	23.1
No. of admissions	250,661	257,529	264,330	252,094	238,921	252,779	258,821	254,816	273,309	278,245	251,088
Age group (Percentage in each group receiving medication-assisted opioid therapy)
12 to 19 years	16.1	15.5	15.1	13.8	12.0	11.2	11.4	13.3	12.4	13.9	13.5
20 to 34 years	28.8	28.7	28.1	26.0	24.8	23.6	23.0	22.9	22.4	22.7	22.5
35 to 44 years	39.3	38.0	37.1	33.8	32.2	31.4	31.2	30.5	30.9	31.1	30.2
45 years and older	50.5	48.4	47.7	44.1	43.2	42.1	43.5	41.2	41.8	40.9	40.0
No. of admissions	268,232	275,629	282,929	270,051	256,969	254,717	260,449	256,052	274,778	279,020	251,737
¹Medication-assisted opioid therapy with methadone or buprenorphine planned as part of the client's treatment.
SOURCE: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.10.11.