TEDS Admissions 2005

Table 5.7a Heroin admissions by selected usual route of administration, according to age group and characteristics of first treatment episode: TEDS 1995-2005 Number
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Usual route of administration, age group, and characteristics of first treatment episode¹	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total heroin admissions	227,989	224,366	235,143	247,069	257,508	274,477	281,042	289,571	276,995	266,013	254,345
Injection
Age group	147,424	144,986	146,558	148,992	156,380	161,842	161,365	166,539	157,172	155,023	158,902
Under 20 years	1,705	2,438	3,576	4,636	4,681	4,894	4,766	4,808	4,571	4,822	5,112
20 to 29 years	25,163	26,289	29,256	32,255	35,806	38,652	42,631	46,240	46,107	49,087	52,691
30 to 39 years	61,956	57,975	54,515	51,676	51,816	51,438	49,709	48,635	44,164	41,692	42,414
40 years and over	58,600	58,284	59,211	60,425	64,077	66,858	64,259	66,856	62,330	59,422	58,685
First treatment episode (%)	18.4	18.7	18.3	18.7	19.5	19.4	19.0	20.1	19.7	19.4	23.0
Avg. years of use for clients in 1st treatment episode	14 yrs	14 yrs	14 yrs	14 yrs	14 yrs	13 yrs	12 yrs	12 yrs	12 yrs	12 yrs	12 yrs
Inhalation
Age group	58,476	57,480	63,910	69,324	71,091	80,658	87,043	88,362	87,203	80,069	82,957
Under 20 years	1,734	1,646	2,359	2,581	2,523	2,290	2,193	2,151	2,067	1,783	1,927
20 to 29 years	19,988	17,593	18,233	18,442	17,661	18,180	18,358	17,609	16,135	15,156	15,938
30 to 39 years	24,767	24,930	27,292	28,949	30,088	34,198	36,393	35,288	32,997	28,204	27,136
40 years and over	11,987	13,311	16,026	19,352	20,819	25,990	30,099	33,314	36,004	34,926	37,956
First treatment episode (%)	33.1	29.5	27.8	25.7	24.4	25.8	26.0	25.9	25.0	25.6	28.8
Avg. years of use for clients in 1st treatment episode	9 yrs	9 yrs	9 yrs	10 yrs	10 yrs	11 yrs	12 yrs	12 yrs	13 yrs	13 yrs	13 yrs
Smoking
Age group	4,661	5,133	5,963	6,129	7,077	7,301	6,667	6,638	6,430	5,799	5,559
Under 20 years	258	330	366	412	543	514	379	339	344	314	358
20 to 29 years	1,472	1,615	1,852	2,007	2,466	2,349	2,057	2,124	2,035	1,828	1,933
30 to 39 years	1,936	1,940	2,205	2,142	2,297	2,398	2,090	2,093	1,929	1,715	1,441
40 years and over	995	1,248	1,540	1,568	1,771	2,040	2,141	2,082	2,122	1,942	1,827
First treatment episode (%)	27.8	30.1	29.5	28.5	29.1	29.4	31.4	32.6	31.5	31.1	36.6
Avg. years of use for clients in 1st treatment episode	9 yrs	8 yrs	8 yrs	8 yrs	8 yrs	11 yrs	11 yrs	11 yrs	12 yrs	11 yrs	11 yrs
¹ Usual route of administration and/or age group were not reported for all admissions.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.3.06.