Table 6.2b
Detoxification admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to age at admission: TEDS 2004
Row percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Age at admission No. of detox-
ification
admis-
sions
Primary substance at admission Total
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
Age at admission                  
Under 15 years     738   8.1  10.0   0.8   0.4   2.4   2.0  52.3   4.3     - -   0.8   0.1   0.1     - -   1.2  17.2 100.0
15 to 19 years  12,320  17.5   9.9  23.1   6.7   3.5   2.8  22.8   8.8   0.1   0.7   0.5   0.2   0.1   0.1   3.1 100.0
15 to 17 years   3,683  10.4  10.2   6.1   2.6   1.6   2.1  53.5   7.4     - -   0.4   0.2   0.3     *   0.3   4.9 100.0
18 to 19 years   8,637  20.6   9.8  30.4   8.4   4.3   3.2   9.8   9.3   0.1   0.8   0.6   0.2   0.1   0.1   2.4 100.0
20 to 24 years  40,449  18.3  10.7  38.7   9.0   5.1   2.6   4.4   7.8     *   0.8   0.3   0.1   0.1   0.1   2.0 100.0
25 to 29 years  43,514  17.7  13.8  37.8   7.3   7.7   2.7   2.7   6.9     *   0.8   0.3   0.1   0.1   0.1   2.1 100.0
30 to 34 years  51,953  20.4  19.0  31.4   5.1  11.4   2.5   1.9   5.3     *   0.7   0.3     *   0.1     *   1.8 100.0
35 to 39 years  68,701  25.5  23.4  26.3   3.5  12.3   2.1   1.2   3.3     *   0.6   0.2     *     *     *   1.6 100.0
40 to 44 years  78,788  33.6  23.3  22.6   3.0  10.9   1.7   0.7   1.9     *   0.6   0.2     *     *     *   1.5 100.0
45 to 49 years  57,959  40.0  20.7  22.1   3.2   8.5   1.3   0.5   1.2     *   0.7   0.2     *     *     *   1.5 100.0
50 to 54 years  32,470  47.9  16.7  22.1   3.3   5.6   1.0   0.3   0.7     *   0.9   0.2     *     *     *   1.3 100.0
55 to 59 years  14,292  57.8  14.8  16.9   2.6   3.7   0.6   0.3   0.4   0.1   0.8   0.2     *     *     *   1.6 100.0
60 to 64 years   5,534  69.8   9.6  12.7   2.5   2.2   0.5   0.1   0.2     *   0.6   0.3     - -     - -     - -   1.6 100.0
65 years and over   3,259  71.1  14.3   8.2   2.5   1.7   0.2   0.2     *     - -   0.5   0.2     - -     *     - -   1.0 100.0

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