| Table 3.1a Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to sex, race/ethnicity, and age at admission: TEDS 2002 Percent distribution and average age at admission |
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| [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 |
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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 | 1,882,584 | 444,781 | 363,158 | 285,667 | 45,605 | 176,014 | 65,685 | 283,527 | 124,755 | 1,308 | 8,209 | 4,493 | 2,795 | 3,854 | 1,199 | 71,534 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 69.9 | 76.4 | 73.8 | 68.5 | 53.7 | 58.8 | 67.2 | 75.6 | 55.4 | 65.1 | 50.4 | 49.1 | 72.5 | 67.1 | 72.0 | 62.9 |
| Female | 30.1 | 23.6 | 26.2 | 31.5 | 46.3 | 41.2 | 32.8 | 24.4 | 44.6 | 34.9 | 49.6 | 50.9 | 27.5 | 32.9 | 28.0 | 37.1 |
| 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 | 1,880,941 | 444,419 | 363,031 | 285,586 | 45,597 | 175,948 | 65,657 | 283,413 | 124,746 | 1,308 | 8,207 | 4,493 | 2,795 | 3,850 | 1,198 | 70,693 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| White (non-Hispanic) | 58.9 | 70.9 | 59.2 | 47.9 | 88.2 | 33.5 | 47.6 | 55.4 | 74.3 | 58.6 | 85.3 | 82.1 | 74.9 | 19.6 | 69.5 | 64.5 |
| Black (non-Hispanic) | 24.0 | 12.6 | 26.3 | 24.2 | 5.3 | 57.4 | 33.1 | 28.1 | 2.6 | 18.8 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 10.8 | 49.4 | 5.3 | 27.5 |
| Hispanic origin | 12.7 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 24.7 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 16.3 | 11.9 | 14.5 | 16.4 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 25.1 | 18.0 | 4.6 |
| Mexican | 5.2 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 11.3 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 0.9 |
| Puerto Rican | 4.4 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 14.1 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Cuban | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Other/not specified | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
| Other | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 3.4 |
| Alaska Native | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | * |
| American Indian | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 5.3 | 1.5 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Other | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 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 |
| No. of admissions | 1,865,195 | 441,451 | 361,449 | 282,733 | 45,261 | 175,122 | 64,991 | 281,611 | 124,385 | 1,303 | 7,874 | 4,393 | 2,776 | 3,837 | 1,186 | 66,823 |
| Age at admission | ||||||||||||||||
| Under 15 years | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | * | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 18.7 | 10.2 |
| 15 to 19 years | 10.9 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 39.8 | 9.2 | 16.2 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 33.9 | 10.5 | 28.0 | 15.4 |
| 15 to 17 years | 6.9 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 28.9 | 4.3 | 11.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 21.5 | 4.6 | 21.6 | 11.3 |
| 18 to 19 years | 4.1 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 10.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 12.5 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 4.1 |
| 20 to 24 years | 12.9 | 8.5 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 14.3 | 6.1 | 12.2 | 22.0 | 19.8 | 15.8 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 28.3 | 27.8 | 16.7 | 12.6 |
| 25 to 29 years | 11.3 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 12.8 | 14.7 | 9.8 | 13.4 | 11.4 | 18.1 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 19.3 | 8.2 | 11.1 |
| 30 to 34 years | 13.8 | 11.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 19.4 | 18.0 | 7.9 | 18.7 | 12.3 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 7.0 | 16.1 | 8.0 | 11.8 |
| 35 to 39 years | 16.2 | 16.0 | 18.8 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 25.6 | 21.0 | 5.9 | 16.0 | 13.3 | 15.7 | 14.5 | 5.0 | 12.9 | 6.3 | 12.5 |
| 40 to 44 years | 15.0 | 18.2 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 15.5 | 21.2 | 16.6 | 4.0 | 11.1 | 13.6 | 15.7 | 16.3 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 6.8 | 11.2 |
| 45 to 49 years | 9.9 | 14.8 | 9.9 | 12.6 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 8.3 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 7.7 |
| 50 to 54 years | 4.9 | 8.9 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 4.1 |
| 55 to 59 years | 2.1 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 60 to 64 years | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | * | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 65 years and over | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | * | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| 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 | 1,876,003 | 443,501 | 362,436 | 283,710 | 45,388 | 175,707 | 65,335 | 282,544 | 124,613 | 1,304 | 7,883 | 4,408 | 2,786 | 3,853 | 1,190 | 71,345 |
| Average age at admission | 34 yrs | 39 yrs | 34 yrs | 36 yrs | 35 yrs | 37 yrs | 34 yrs | 23 yrs | 31 yrs | 31 yrs | 36 yrs | 35 yrs | 24 yrs | 29 yrs | 24 yrs | 30 yrs |
| * Less than 0.05 percent. | ||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) - 3.01.04. | ||||||||||||||||