Table 2.9a Admissions by gender, race/ethnicity, and age at admission: TEDS 1996-2006 Number
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions (excludes Puerto Rico). See Table 4.2a.]
Gender, race/ethnicity, and age at admission	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	1,639,064	1,607,957	1,712,268	1,725,885	1,759,417	1,781,018	1,898,412	1,864,614	1,889,859	1,859,039	1,799,239
Gender
Male	1,151,527	1,128,154	1,202,608	1,212,676	1,229,040	1,242,188	1,325,014	1,288,197	1,291,914	1,267,789	1,227,189
Female	481,191	474,350	502,961	507,136	525,258	536,425	572,511	575,770	596,836	590,637	571,574
No. of admissions	1,632,718	1,602,504	1,705,569	1,719,812	1,754,298	1,778,613	1,897,525	1,863,967	1,888,750	1,858,426	1,798,763
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	973,808	948,992	1,004,115	1,008,503	1,013,439	1,038,978	1,104,411	1,085,397	1,124,362	1,086,467	1,063,871
Black (non-Hispanic)	418,514	402,619	419,784	413,754	436,375	433,463	456,384	444,277	425,594	410,437	381,425
Hispanic origin	169,285	173,347	191,484	203,750	211,559	215,197	240,854	237,200	238,414	250,534	248,436
American Indian/Alaska Native	40,082	38,333	40,511	40,138	37,982	37,904	39,527	35,870	36,440	38,882	40,629
Asian/Pacific Islander	10,197	10,893	11,515	13,610	14,672	14,133	16,474	17,766	16,276	19,250	18,111
Other	16,606	18,263	20,351	23,467	27,835	26,161	26,984	30,535	35,438	31,311	36,414
No. of admissions	1,628,492	1,592,447	1,687,760	1,703,222	1,741,862	1,765,836	1,884,634	1,851,045	1,876,524	1,836,881	1,788,886
Age at admission
Under 12 years	3,469	3,704	3,390	2,987	3,506	3,011	3,125	3,395	5,233	1,974	1,889
12 to 17 years	129,858	131,194	139,129	137,596	137,844	145,924	158,299	156,957	160,587	141,244	136,658
18 to 24 years	219,406	220,714	245,508	258,208	277,757	296,245	324,540	325,757	343,183	343,430	331,001
25 to 34 years	555,300	516,346	517,297	488,394	473,246	460,986	474,962	460,748	466,282	466,476	454,348
35 to 44 years	507,067	506,624	549,754	559,649	570,618	566,141	588,041	561,607	543,610	521,306	484,854
45 to 54 years	167,899	173,335	197,211	213,538	231,065	244,984	278,503	283,802	294,741	306,997	310,153
55 to 64 years	41,377	40,736	44,096	46,299	48,302	48,534	55,762	57,671	60,356	64,303	67,218
65 years and older	11,535	11,381	11,611	11,652	11,838	11,065	11,169	11,128	11,169	11,227	10,769
No. of admissions	1,635,911	1,604,034	1,707,996	1,718,323	1,754,176	1,776,890	1,894,401	1,861,065	1,885,161	1,856,957	1,796,890
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.9.07.