| Table
3.5 Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to employment status (aged 16 and over) and education (aged 18 and over): TEDS 2000 Percent distribution |
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| [Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2.] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Employment status (aged 16 and over) and education (aged 18 and over) | All 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 |
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| Alcohol only | With secondary drug | Heroin | Other opiates | Smoked cocaine | Other route | Metham- phetamine/ amphet- amine |
Other stimu- lants |
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| Total
admissions aged 16 and over |
1,537,666 | 409,200 | 301,692 | 242,866 | 25,599 | 157,805 | 59,106 | 201,600 | 80,437 | 1,031 | 5,070 | 3,127 | 2,514 | 2,549 | 865 | 44,205 | ||
| Employment status | ||||||||||||||||||
| Employed | 34.2 | 47.6 | 33.7 | 22.6 | 31.9 | 21.0 | 33.2 | 36.5 | 26.5 | 33.0 | 26.3 | 27.2 | 30.2 | 26.8 | 23.7 | 39.3 | ||
| Full time | 27.0 | 39.5 | 26.3 | 17.4 | 25.2 | 16.2 | 26.8 | 26.5 | 19.0 | 23.3 | 19.8 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 18.8 | 17.0 | 31.3 | ||
| Part time | 7.3 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 8.0 | ||
| Unemployed | 24.8 | 20.8 | 22.9 | 29.9 | 27.7 | 32.8 | 24.6 | 22.3 | 26.4 | 31.1 | 26.6 | 25.1 | 21.7 | 24.1 | 25.9 | 25.6 | ||
| Not in labor force | 40.9 | 31.5 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 40.4 | 46.2 | 42.2 | 41.2 | 47.1 | 35.9 | 47.1 | 47.6 | 48.1 | 49.1 | 50.4 | 35.0 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Admissions aged 16 and over | 1,457,121 | 385,156 | 291,521 | 238,014 | 24,339 | 149,236 | 54,618 | 194,127 | 78,713 | 997 | 4,672 | 3,017 | 2,405 | 2,514 | 806 | 26,986 | ||
| Total
admissions aged 18 and over |
1,459,824 | 402,751 | 287,927 | 241,591 | 25,357 | 157,078 | 58,064 | 154,380 | 77,567 | 931 | 4,904 | 3,042 | 1,878 | 2,423 | 696 | 41,235 | ||
| Highest school grade completed | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0 to 8 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 17.2 | 12.6 | ||
| 9 to 11 | 28.1 | 20.3 | 28.3 | 30.9 | 19.5 | 30.9 | 28.9 | 39.2 | 33.3 | 27.1 | 23.1 | 18.7 | 29.4 | 43.4 | 34.3 | 25.3 | ||
| 12 (or GED) | 43.8 | 44.4 | 44.6 | 44.4 | 40.7 | 42.9 | 42.4 | 41.2 | 46.0 | 42.7 | 40.4 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 38.1 | 33.4 | 41.6 | ||
| More than 12 | 20.6 | 26.3 | 20.4 | 17.1 | 33.1 | 19.9 | 21.6 | 13.1 | 14.9 | 24.0 | 30.9 | 31.3 | 19.4 | 11.5 | 15.1 | 20.4 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Admissions aged 18 and over | 1,418,773 | 389,757 | 283,884 | 239,851 | 24,470 | 153,616 | 56,834 | 151,384 | 76,717 | 910 | 4,703 | 2,970 | 1,818 | 2,408 | 664 | 28,787 | ||
| SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) - 4.1.02. | ||||||||||||||||||