Table 5.2a Admissions aged 12-17 by primary substance of abuse, according to gender and race/ethnicity: TEDS 2006 Column percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Gender and race/ethnicity	All admis- sions aged 12-17	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 admissions aged 12-17	136,660	10,461	16,812	1,134	1,237	1,232	2,685	89,576	5,919	152	346	289	290	88	432	6,007
Gender
Male	69.5	58.2	61.1	51.0	57.8	51.0	51.9	76.2	40.8	50.7	52.0	47.1	67.9	70.5	56.7	62.3
Female	30.5	41.8	38.9	49.0	42.2	49.0	48.1	23.8	59.2	49.3	48.0	52.9	32.1	29.5	43.3	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	136,626	10,459	16,809	1,134	1,236	1,229	2,685	89,561	5,916	152	346	289	290	88	432	6,000
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	54.1	60.2	62.0	80.1	87.6	68.0	70.7	50.3	51.6	48.0	80.3	61.9	70.9	35.2	60.7	56.0
Black (non-Hispanic)	19.2	9.4	8.2	2.9	3.1	9.5	4.0	23.8	2.4	23.7	4.9	8.4	9.0	34.1	4.9	32.7
Hispanic origin	18.5	20.5	16.2	13.0	5.4	16.6	20.6	18.7	33.5	14.5	13.3	23.1	9.7	25.0	22.1	6.5
Mexican	12.0	15.2	10.6	8.1	2.0	11.7	14.4	11.7	26.6	11.2	9.5	18.5	5.2	13.6	17.0	1.3
Puerto Rican	1.7	0.7	1.2	1.7	0.7	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.5	- -	0.9	0.3	1.7	5.7	0.7	1.1
Cuban	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.3	0.3	- -	2.3	- -	0.4
Other/not specified	4.5	4.4	4.3	2.7	2.4	3.6	4.4	4.6	6.4	2.6	2.6	3.8	2.8	3.4	4.4	3.6
Other	8.2	9.8	13.5	4.0	3.9	5.9	4.7	7.2	12.5	13.8	1.4	6.6	10.4	5.7	12.3	4.9
Alaska Native	0.1	0.1	0.1	- -	0.1	- -	0.1	0.1	0.2	- -	- -	- -	0.3	- -	- -	*
American Indian	2.6	3.4	6.9	0.4	1.2	1.5	1.2	1.8	2.7	1.3	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.1	7.7	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.3	3.1	3.2	1.2	0.9	1.4	1.2	2.1	3.6	5.3	0.3	1.0	3.1	1.1	0.7	1.3
Other	3.3	3.1	3.3	2.4	1.7	3.0	2.2	3.3	6.1	7.2	0.9	4.2	5.2	3.4	4.0	2.4
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	135,740	10,350	16,709	1,129	1,226	1,228	2,676	89,048	5,888	152	346	286	289	88	430	5,895
* 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 10.9.07.