This report presents data from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) by Census division and State for admissions in 2010, and trend data for 2000 to 2010. The report provides information on the demographic and substance abuse characteristics of admissions to treatment aged 12 and older for abuse of alcohol and/or drugs in facilities that report to individual State administrative data systems.

For 2010, 1,820,737 substance abuse treatment admissions aged 12 and older were reported to TEDS by 48 States and Puerto Rico (the District of Columbia, Georgia, and Mississippi did not report admissions for 2010) [Table 1.1].

Trends in Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Aged 12 and Older: 2000-2010

All Admissions

• Between 2000 and 2010, among the nine Census divisions, about 23 percent of all admissions reported were in the Middle Atlantic Census division, and the average rate of admissions was highest in the New England and Middle Atlantic divisions—about 1,320 and 1,270 per 100,000 population aged 12 and older, respectively [Tables 1.1 and 1.2 and Figure 1].
• Between 2000 and 2010, the U.S. population aged 12 and older grew by about 11 percent but the number of treatment admissions increased by 4 percent [Table 1.1]. Consequently, the treatment admission rate in 2010 (691 per 100,000 population aged 12 and older) was about 6 percent lower than the rate in 2000 (738 per 100,000 population) [Table 1.2].
  

Alcohol

• The treatment admission rate for primary alcohol was 18 percent lower in 2010, at 282 per 100,000 population aged 12 and older, than in 2000 (342 per 100,000). The rate fluctuated between 2000 and 2010 but 2000 had the highest rate and 2010 had the lowest rate in this time period [Table 1.4b and Figure 2].
• Alcohol admission rates were lower in 2010 than in 2000 in eight out of nine Census divisions; the exception was the West North Central division.
• From 2000 through 2010, alcohol treatment admission rates were generally highest in the Middle Atlantic, New England, Mountain, and West North Central divisions.
  

Marijuana

• The treatment admission rate for primary marijuana was 21 percent higher in 2010, at 127 per 100,000 population aged 12 and older, than in 2000 (105 per 100,000) [Table 1.5b and Figure 3].
• Marijuana admission rates were higher in 2010 than in 2000 in all Census divisions except for the Mountain and South Atlantic divisions.
• From 2000 through 2010, marijuana treatment admission rates were consistently highest in the West North Central and Middle Atlantic divisions.
  

Heroin

• The treatment admission rate for primary heroin was 15 percent lower in 2010, at 97 per 100,000 population aged 12 and older, than in 2000 (114 per 100,000) [Table 1.6b and Figure 4].
• Heroin admission rates were higher in 2010 than in 2000 in five of the nine Census divisions and lower in the other four divisions (Middle Atlantic, New England, Pacific, and South Atlantic). The rate dropped dramatically in the Pacific division during this period (from 179 per 100,000 to just 83 per 100,000 population).
• From 2000 through 2010, heroin treatment admission rates were consistently highest in the New England and Middle Atlantic divisions.
  

Cocaine

• The treatment admission rate for primary cocaine was 44 percent lower in 2010, at 56 per 100,000 population aged 12 and older, than in 2000 (100 per 100,000) [Table 1.7b and Figure 5].
• Cocaine admission rates were lower in 2010 than in 2000 in all nine Census divisions.
• From 2000 through 2010, cocaine treatment admission rates were highest in the Middle Atlantic division.
  

Methamphetamine/amphetamines

• The treatment admission rate for methamphetamine/amphetamines was 26 percent higher in 2010, at 43 per 100,000 population aged 12 and older, than in 2000 (34 per 100,000). Methamphetamine/amphetamine treatment admission rates peaked in 2005 at 69 per 100,000, then declined in every year through 2010 [Table 1.8b and Figure 6].
• Methamphetamine/amphetamine rates were higher in 2010 than in 2000 in all nine Census divisions.
• From 2000 through 2010, methamphetamine/amphetamine treatment admission rates were highest in the Pacific division, followed by the Mountain and West North Central divisions.

Opiates other than heroin

• The treatment admission rate for opiates other than heroin was 400 percent higher in 2010, at 60 per 100,000 population aged 12 and older, than in 2000 (12 per 100,000). Rates increased in every year from 2000 through 2010 [Table 1.9b and Figure 7].
  
• The admission rates for opiates other than heroin were higher in 2010 compared to 2000 for each of the nine Census divisions.
• From 2000 through 2010, treatment admission rates for opiates other than heroin were highest in the New England division.
  

Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Aged 12 and Older: 2010

• In 2010, the treatment admission rate was higher for primary alcohol abuse than for any primary illicit drugs. The primary alcohol admission rate was 282 per 100,000 population (the rate for alcohol alone was 156 per 100,000 and the rate for alcohol with secondary drug abuse was 126 per 100,000). The highest rates of treatment admissions for illicit drugs in 2010 were for marijuana (127 per 100,000) and heroin (97 per 100,000) [Table 2.3].
• Treatment admission rates for 2010 were higher for primary alcohol abuse than for any of the major illicit drugs in each Census division and in 44 of the 49 reporting States and jurisdictions. The primary illicit drug varied by division: heroin in the New England and Middle Atlantic divisions, methamphetamine/amphetamines in the Pacific division, non-heroin opiates in the East South Central division, and marijuana in the other five divisions [Table 2.3].

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