Table 2a Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to sex, race/ethnicity, and age at admission: TEDS 2003 Percent distribution and average age at admission
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions.]
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	1,841,522	426,720	341,278	272,815	51,071	180,851	68,705	284,532	135,737	1,227	7,993	4,134	2,190	4,086	1,170	59,013
Sex
Male	69.2	75.5	73.8	67.9	53.3	59.2	66.3	74.6	55.3	60.1	47.3	47.8	73.9	67.1	74.3	61.0
Female	30.8	24.5	26.2	32.1	46.7	40.8	33.7	25.4	44.7	39.9	52.7	52.2	26.1	32.9	25.7	39.0
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
No. of admissions	1,840,915	426,568	341,196	272,749	51,058	180,807	68,663	284,432	135,723	1,227	7,993	4,133	2,188	4,085	1,169	58,924
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7	70.4	58.9	47.5	88.8	35.1	49.3	54.5	72.7	62.6	85.0	81.0	69.6	20.0	68.8	66.5
Black (non-Hispanic)	23.7	12.8	25.9	25.0	4.8	55.4	30.9	28.5	2.6	17.2	5.3	7.5	16.0	54.1	7.3	24.2
Hispanic origin	13.0	11.6	10.6	24.2	3.4	6.9	16.3	12.4	15.8	14.1	7.5	8.4	8.8	20.0	17.2	5.9
Mexican	5.2	6.1	3.3	5.7	1.1	2.3	5.5	5.6	12.4	7.9	1.6	3.3	3.4	11.7	12.9	1.4
Puerto Rican	4.4	1.9	4.3	13.8	1.2	2.4	5.7	3.2	0.4	1.7	3.9	2.4	2.4	4.3	0.6	1.5
Cuban	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.1	0.3
Other/not specified	3.1	3.3	2.7	4.2	1.0	1.8	4.2	3.2	2.9	3.7	1.8	2.2	2.8	3.4	3.6	2.6
Other	4.6	5.2	4.6	3.3	3.0	2.6	3.5	4.5	8.9	6.0	2.2	3.1	5.6	5.9	6.8	3.4
Alaska Native	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	*	0.1	0.2	0.1
American Indian	1.8	2.8	2.4	0.5	1.3	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.2	2.0	0.7	1.2	1.4	1.0	5.4	1.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.4	1.3	0.5	0.8	2.2	0.9	0.2	0.5
Other	1.6	1.2	1.3	2.1	0.9	1.0	1.8	1.7	3.2	2.5	0.9	0.9	1.9	3.9	1.0	1.2
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	1,827,252	423,533	339,268	271,012	50,728	179,958	67,995	282,301	135,110	1,207	7,941	4,117	2,167	4,071	1,153	56,691
Age at admission
Under 15 years	1.6	0.4	0.8	*	0.2	0.1	0.3	5.9	0.5	3.2	0.8	1.3	1.6	0.3	19.3	11.5
15 to 19 years	11.0	4.2	8.5	2.8	4.9	1.9	6.0	39.7	9.4	15.5	8.1	9.1	31.1	9.8	29.5	15.2
15 to 17 years	6.9	2.0	4.7	0.5	1.6	0.6	2.7	29.1	4.5	9.5	4.1	5.4	18.0	3.6	24.4	11.3
18 to 19 years	4.1	2.2	3.7	2.3	3.3	1.2	3.3	10.6	4.9	6.0	4.0	3.7	13.1	6.2	5.1	3.9
20 to 24 years	13.3	8.9	12.7	12.8	17.2	6.2	13.0	21.9	20.2	13.6	13.0	13.0	30.1	28.4	15.4	12.3
25 to 29 years	11.6	8.8	11.0	13.0	15.8	9.5	14.4	11.8	18.3	12.6	11.8	13.9	14.8	21.4	8.9	11.0
30 to 34 years	13.1	11.1	13.8	15.0	14.9	17.6	16.9	7.8	18.1	13.1	12.8	13.0	8.1	14.9	5.7	11.3
35 to 39 years	15.2	14.7	17.7	17.0	14.0	24.3	19.1	5.6	15.1	13.2	13.8	13.5	4.9	11.4	7.6	11.3
40 to 44 years	15.1	18.3	17.7	16.4	14.1	22.2	16.5	4.0	11.2	11.7	14.5	15.1	4.7	8.2	6.2	11.1
45 to 49 years	10.2	14.8	10.8	12.8	10.4	12.0	8.7	2.1	5.0	9.1	13.3	10.7	2.7	3.9	4.3	7.7
50 to 54 years	5.2	9.2	4.7	7.0	5.3	4.5	3.4	0.8	1.5	4.8	6.7	5.9	1.3	0.9	2.2	4.4
55 to 59 years	2.2	5.1	1.6	2.3	2.1	1.3	1.1	0.3	0.5	2.1	3.0	2.4	0.5	0.4	0.6	2.2
60 to 64 years	0.9	2.5	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.3	0.9	- -	0.2	0.3	1.0
65 years and over	0.6	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	*	0.5	1.0	1.1	0.2	*	0.1	1.0
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
No. of admissions	1,837,949	426,011	340,622	272,343	50,909	180,583	68,447	283,915	135,588	1,225	7,960	4,125	2,186	4,081	1,168	58,786
Average age at Admission	34 yrs	39 yrs	35 yrs	36 yrs	34 yrs	37 yrs	34 yrs	23 yrs	31 yrs	32 yrs	36 yrs	35 yrs	25 yrs	29 yrs	24 yrs	30 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). Data received through 4.11.05.