Table 5.3a Admissions aged 12-17 by primary substance of abuse, according to age at admission and source of referral to treatment: TEDS 2007 Column percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Age at admission and source of referral to treatment	All admis- sions Aged 12-17	Primary substance at admission
		Alcohol		Opiates		Cocaine		Mari- juana/ hashish	Stimulants		Tran- quil- izers	Seda- tives	Hallu- cino- gens	PCP	Inhal- ants	Other/ none speci- fied
		Alcohol only	With secondary drug	Heroin	Other opiates	Smoked cocaine	Other route		Metham- phetamine/ amphet- amine	Other stimu- lants
Total admissions aged 12-17	132,034	10,607	16,664	1,053	1,464	819	2,242	86,873	4,349	166	502	384	385	58	424	6,044
Age at admission
12 years	1.1	2.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.9	0.3	0.8	0.3	4.8	0.6	0.8	0.3	1.7	4.7	5.8
13 years	4.1	6.2	3.3	0.7	1.8	1.8	1.6	3.8	1.4	7.8	1.6	4.4	0.5	1.7	17.7	10.6
14 years	10.8	10.9	9.1	3.0	6.6	5.9	5.5	11.2	7.0	14.5	11.4	13.3	9.4	5.2	22.4	15.8
15 years	21.2	17.5	19.6	9.1	13.9	17.3	15.6	22.6	16.9	21.1	21.9	21.1	17.1	12.1	26.4	21.7
16 years	30.3	26.9	29.9	25.5	27.7	29.5	33.0	31.4	31.6	26.5	27.9	30.5	35.1	19.0	17.5	22.9
17 years	32.5	35.9	37.5	61.5	49.7	44.6	44.0	30.2	42.7	25.3	36.7	29.9	37.7	60.3	11.3	23.3
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
No. of admissions	132,034	10,607	16,664	1,053	1,464	819	2,242	86,873	4,349	166	502	384	385	58	424	6,044
Source of referral to treatment
Criminal justice/DUI	48.8	44.7	48.0	27.0	30.5	42.6	38.5	51.7	45.5	11.9	38.0	38.9	33.7	52.6	30.2	37.3
Self- or individual	16.1	16.9	17.0	35.0	29.3	19.5	23.2	14.6	19.3	16.6	23.6	20.0	25.8	19.3	23.0	19.3
School (educational)	11.6	18.2	10.9	3.5	8.0	3.5	4.9	10.5	5.7	11.9	8.3	17.8	4.4	7.0	16.5	28.0
Alcohol/drug abuse    care provider	6.9	4.2	6.7	19.1	13.1	11.0	13.6	7.0	7.8	2.0	10.0	9.6	8.8	3.5	11.3	1.4
Other health care provider	4.6	3.9	5.3	7.3	8.2	7.5	6.8	4.1	5.0	54.3	10.2	6.3	10.1	7.0	9.1	5.3
Employer/EAP	0.1	0.1	0.1	- -	0.4	- -	0.1	0.1	*	- -	1.2	- -	0.5	- -	- -	0.1
Other community referral	11.9	12.0	11.9	8.1	10.5	16.0	12.8	11.9	16.6	3.3	8.7	7.4	16.7	10.5	9.8	8.6
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
No. of admissions	130,009	10,504	16,365	1,043	1,445	801	2,195	85,819	4,220	151	492	365	365	57	417	5,770
*  Less than 0.05 percent.
- -  Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.6.08.