Table 6.2a Detoxification admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to age at admission: TEDS 2007 Column percent distribution and average age at admission
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Age at admission	All detox- ification admis- sions	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	398,231	130,780	78,852	93,641	27,279	29,867	7,504	10,187	11,566	164	3,921	845	104	171	118	3,232
Age at admission
Under 15 years	0.1	*	*	*	*	*	0.1	1.4	*	1.8	0.2	0.2	- -	0.6	1.7	0.6
15 to 19 years	2.7	1.8	1.6	2.6	4.0	1.1	4.4	19.3	4.5	6.7	3.5	5.8	26.0	7.1	9.3	5.5
15 to 17 years	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.1	1.0	9.5	0.5	4.3	0.7	2.8	16.3	0.6	3.4	2.7
18 to 19 years	2.1	1.5	1.2	2.4	3.5	1.0	3.4	9.8	4.0	2.4	2.7	3.0	9.6	6.5	5.9	2.8
20 to 24 years	10.8	6.9	6.0	15.8	22.5	6.0	13.5	24.5	17.6	11.0	13.2	15.0	22.1	17.6	18.6	11.9
25 to 29 years	12.4	7.6	9.1	17.4	22.1	10.2	18.4	18.8	21.4	13.4	15.9	15.4	18.3	27.1	15.3	16.7
30 to 34 years	10.9	8.0	10.0	12.9	13.8	12.4	15.5	11.5	18.2	11.6	12.6	12.2	15.4	18.2	18.6	12.2
35 to 39 years	14.2	12.2	16.9	14.3	11.2	19.7	15.7	9.3	16.7	14.0	13.2	10.5	5.8	15.3	10.2	13.5
40 to 44 years	17.1	17.8	22.7	14.3	9.3	22.4	14.9	7.2	11.7	11.0	14.0	12.8	4.8	7.6	8.5	14.9
45 to 49 years	15.6	19.8	18.8	11.5	8.3	17.4	10.5	5.1	6.5	15.2	12.3	12.6	5.8	5.3	7.6	12.6
50 to 54 years	9.5	13.9	9.6	7.2	5.5	7.7	4.9	1.9	2.5	6.7	8.6	8.1	1.0	1.2	5.9	7.3
55 to 59 years	4.2	7.0	3.7	3.0	2.4	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.7	4.9	4.4	3.6	- -	- -	4.2	3.3
60 to 64 years	1.6	3.1	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.1	1.2	1.6	2.6	1.0	- -	- -	1.0
65 years and over	0.8	1.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	*	2.4	0.7	1.2	- -	- -	- -	0.5
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	397,992	130,733	78,820	93,604	27,263	29,848	7,500	10,181	11,558	164	3,920	844	104	170	118	3,165
Average age at admission	38 yrs	42 yrs	40 yrs	36 yrs	33 yrs	39 yrs	35 yrs	28 yrs	32 yrs	37 yrs	37 yrs	36 yrs	27 yrs	30 yrs	32 yrs	36 yrs
*  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.