Table 2.9a Admissions by gender, race/ethnicity, and age at admission: TEDS 1997-2007 Number
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions (excludes Puerto Rico). See Table 4.2a.]
Gender, race/ethnicity, and age at admission	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	1,607,957	1,712,268	1,725,885	1,759,061	1,780,239	1,897,968	1,864,043	1,820,202	1,883,221	1,891,513	1,813,949
Gender
Male	1,128,154	1,202,608	1,212,676	1,228,740	1,241,579	1,324,742	1,287,835	1,246,120	1,284,940	1,291,931	1,226,004
Female	474,350	502,961	507,136	525,202	536,255	572,339	575,563	572,980	597,645	599,107	587,245
No. of admissions	1,602,504	1,705,569	1,719,812	1,753,942	1,777,834	1,897,081	1,863,398	1,819,100	1,882,585	1,891,038	1,813,249
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	948,992	1,004,115	1,008,503	1,013,178	1,038,412	1,104,002	1,084,843	1,078,827	1,100,187	1,113,466	1,078,344
Black (non-Hispanic)	402,619	419,784	413,754	436,352	433,423	456,380	444,343	411,465	417,032	408,942	374,825
Hispanic origin	173,347	191,484	203,750	211,523	215,107	240,868	237,175	231,706	254,751	261,430	253,629
American Indian/Alaska Native	38,333	40,511	40,138	37,968	37,881	39,507	35,828	36,126	39,030	41,523	41,704
Asian/Pacific Islander	10,893	11,515	13,610	14,668	14,116	16,472	17,761	16,104	19,068	18,373	17,396
Other	18,263	20,351	23,467	27,821	26,138	26,971	30,540	33,595	31,693	37,880	40,275
No. of admissions	1,592,447	1,687,760	1,703,222	1,741,510	1,765,077	1,884,200	1,850,490	1,807,823	1,861,761	1,881,614	1,806,173
Age at admission
Under 12 years	3,704	3,390	2,987	3,507	3,009	3,123	3,389	5,073	1,984	1,892	1,706
12 to 17 years	131,194	139,129	137,596	137,838	145,857	158,225	156,786	146,267	143,605	140,873	132,033
18 to 24 years	220,714	245,508	258,208	277,694	296,070	324,424	325,553	330,886	347,294	343,993	330,016
25 to 34 years	516,346	517,297	488,394	473,131	460,745	474,852	460,590	451,263	472,287	475,064	462,138
35 to 44 years	506,624	549,754	559,649	570,491	565,938	587,955	561,570	527,486	528,577	513,242	468,768
45 to 54 years	173,335	197,211	213,538	231,030	244,902	278,458	283,818	285,911	311,040	330,434	330,457
55 to 64 years	40,736	44,096	46,299	48,299	48,533	55,754	57,668	58,363	64,998	72,107	74,818
65 years and older	11,381	11,611	11,652	11,837	11,065	11,168	11,127	10,803	11,376	11,555	11,452
No. of admissions	1,604,034	1,707,996	1,718,323	1,753,827	1,776,119	1,893,959	1,860,501	1,816,052	1,881,161	1,889,160	1,811,388
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.6.08.