Table 2.8a Admissions by sex, race/ethnicity, and age: TEDS 1992-2000 Number
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions (excludes Puerto Rico). See Table 4.2.]
Sex, race/ethnicity, and age at admission	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total	1,511,377	1,576,988	1,629,944	1,629,048	1,595,707	1,522,235	1,618,791	1,637,379	1,599,703
Sex
Male	1,076,680	1,117,683	1,152,604	1,142,375	1,117,559	1,059,156	1,128,669	1,143,505	1,108,787
Female	426,261	449,798	468,179	479,571	471,802	457,627	483,402	487,819	484,475
No. of admissions	1,502,941	1,567,481	1,620,783	1,621,946	1,589,361	1,516,783	1,612,071	1,631,324	1,593,262
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	911,118	927,285	950,774	963,373	956,344	915,851	966,618	975,483	944,228
Black (non-Hispanic)	386,946	414,585	431,035	424,058	401,282	366,937	382,772	378,659	373,003
Hispanic	148,546	163,651	175,878	170,718	161,468	158,235	174,625	184,411	185,572
American Indian/Alaska Native	37,652	38,849	37,950	37,286	39,804	37,686	39,830	39,541	38,619
Asian/Pacific Islander	7,712	8,955	9,841	9,771	10,116	10,715	11,282	13,625	14,293
Other	9,403	10,883	12,729	12,886	16,121	17,282	19,405	22,982	26,268
No. of admissions	1,501,377	1,564,208	1,618,207	1,618,092	1,585,135	1,506,706	1,594,532	1,614,701	1,581,983
Age at admission
Under 18 years	97,983	98,681	112,303	126,420	133,244	134,693	141,880	138,388	134,357
18 to 24 years	238,004	230,254	230,509	228,277	217,106	216,391	239,997	253,948	259,133
25 to 34 years	601,135	617,542	615,857	587,023	540,840	489,643	489,999	465,038	431,812
35 to 44 years	391,912	437,741	469,214	481,916	490,075	473,071	511,833	523,209	510,551
45 to 54 years	122,883	135,177	145,459	151,822	160,904	158,161	180,303	196,307	205,720
55 to 64 years	38,956	39,337	39,219	38,214	39,389	36,216	39,671	41,755	42,002
65 years and older	12,848	13,081	12,412	11,391	10,996	10,269	10,334	10,611	10,606
No. of admissions	1,503,721	1,571,813	1,624,973	1,625,063	1,592,554	1,518,444	1,614,017	1,629,256	1,594,181
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) - 4.1.02.