Table 3.1a Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to sex, race/ethnicity, and age: TEDS 2001 Percent distribution and average age at admission
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2.]
Sex, race/ethnicity, and age at admission	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
		Alcohol only	With secondary drug	Heroin	Other opiates	Smoked cocaine	Other route		Metham- phetamine/ amphet- amine	Other stimu-lants
Total	1,739,796	421,209	348,591	275,672	36,347	163,988	61,387	255,394	98,332	1,395	7,074	3,737	3,121	3,116	1,234	59,199
Sex
Male	69.9	76.1	73.9	68.4	52.9	57.9	66.0	75.5	54.0	58.7	46.4	45.6	72.0	66.6	73.0	62.2
Female	30.1	23.9	26.1	31.6	47.1	42.1	34.0	24.5	46.0	41.3	53.6	54.4	28.0	33.4	27.0	37.8
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	1,736,113	419,414	348,411	275,528	36,331	163,949	61,350	255,341	98,306	1,394	7,071	3,737	3,117	3,115	1,231	57,818
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8	71.8	59.4	46.8	87.7	32.3	46.5	56.4	76.7	66.4	85.8	82.5	77.6	19.4	71.0	64.1
Black (non-Hispanic)	24.3	12.8	26.3	23.8	5.4	59.0	35.2	27.8	2.8	20.8	4.6	7.3	10.0	48.7	5.4	25.1
Hispanic origin	12.2	10.0	9.5	25.9	3.7	6.3	15.0	10.9	11.9	7.7	7.6	6.9	7.3	25.8	14.6	5.4
Mexican	4.7	5.3	2.9	6.7	1.1	2.0	4.9	4.8	9.3	3.5	1.6	2.5	1.8	14.6	11.1	1.1
Puerto Rican	4.8	1.9	4.2	15.4	1.4	2.4	5.9	3.3	0.4	2.4	4.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	0.5	1.4
Cuban	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.5	- -	0.2
Other/not specified	2.5	2.6	2.2	3.6	1.0	1.5	3.5	2.5	2.1	1.3	1.4	1.8	2.4	5.5	3.0	2.7
Other	4.7	5.5	4.8	3.5	3.2	2.4	3.3	4.9	8.7	5.1	2.0	3.2	5.1	6.2	9.0	5.4
Alaska Native	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.1
American Indian	2.0	3.1	2.6	0.6	1.2	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.5	1.2	0.7	1.0	1.4	1.0	6.5	2.5
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.2	3.4	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.8	0.8	0.9	0.7
Other	1.5	1.3	1.2	1.9	1.1	1.0	1.5	1.7	2.6	2.3	0.7	1.2	1.6	3.9	1.2	2.1
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	1,722,229	416,859	346,697	274,198	36,067	163,066	60,859	253,812	97,894	1,362	7,032	3,701	3,078	3,113	1,212	53,279
Age at admission
Under 15 years	1.6	0.5	0.9	*	0.2	0.1	0.2	6.1	0.6	3.7	1.0	1.4	2.6	0.5	17.3	10.3
15 to 19 years	10.8	4.2	9.3	2.8	4.0	1.7	5.2	40.2	9.7	21.4	8.0	7.6	41.1	11.0	28.2	14.5
15 to 17 years	6.8	2.1	5.3	0.5	1.4	0.5	2.3	28.9	4.6	14.0	4.6	4.1	25.8	4.6	21.6	10.4
18 to 19 years	4.1	2.2	3.9	2.3	2.6	1.1	2.9	11.2	5.1	7.4	3.4	3.5	15.3	6.4	6.6	4.1
20 to 24 years	12.3	8.2	11.9	12.1	12.7	5.9	11.2	21.6	18.8	12.7	10.2	13.1	26.7	28.4	15.7	11.7
25 to 29 years	11.3	8.8	10.9	12.8	14.1	10.5	13.5	11.3	18.3	12.4	10.6	11.3	10.2	20.6	9.5	11.0
30 to 34 years	14.6	12.0	15.8	16.6	16.0	21.6	19.6	7.9	19.5	12.6	13.4	13.4	7.1	15.8	7.6	11.9
35 to 39 years	17.1	17.1	19.8	18.5	17.0	26.5	22.0	6.2	16.7	14.0	16.1	16.4	4.6	13.4	7.2	13.2
40 to 44 years	14.9	18.0	16.6	16.9	17.0	20.0	16.3	4.0	10.6	13.4	16.7	16.3	3.9	6.7	6.7	11.5
45 to 49 years	9.3	13.7	9.1	12.0	11.2	9.2	7.7	1.8	4.1	6.9	13.2	11.1	2.3	2.6	4.7	7.8
50 to 54 years	4.6	8.5	3.9	5.7	4.8	3.2	2.9	0.7	1.3	1.8	5.5	5.4	1.2	0.7	2.1	4.2
55 to 59 years	1.9	4.5	1.2	1.6	1.8	1.0	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.5	2.1	2.2	0.1	0.2	0.6	2.1
60 to 64 years	0.9	2.4	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.9
65 years and over	0.6	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.2	*	0.1	0.1	1.8	0.8	0.1	*	0.2	0.8
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	1,724,261	417,879	345,812	275,071	35,773	161,963	60,666	251,549	97,660	1,384	6,952	3,687	3,039	3,102	1,218	58,506
Average age at admission	33.9 yrs	39.0 yrs	34.0 yrs	36.0 yrs	35.4 yrs	36.3 yrs	34.2 yrs	23.1 yrs	30.5 yrs	29.9 yrs	36.3 yrs	35.0 yrs	23.3 yrs	28.3 yrs	24.6 yrs	30.7 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) - 5.31.03.