Table 5.3a Admissions aged 12-17 by primary substance of abuse, according to age at admission and source of referral to treatment: TEDS 2006 Column percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Age at admission and source of referral to treatment	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
Age at admission
12 years	1.1	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.3	9.9	1.4	1.0	0.3	- -	8.6	5.9
13 years	4.0	6.0	3.1	0.8	1.6	2.9	1.1	3.8	1.8	9.9	2.3	4.2	2.1	- -	14.8	10.4
14 years	10.9	10.6	9.2	2.6	5.3	6.3	5.2	11.4	7.8	12.5	11.6	13.8	7.6	5.7	21.8	16.2
15 years	21.9	18.9	20.1	8.8	15.0	16.7	16.1	23.3	19.3	18.4	18.2	23.2	22.8	15.9	21.1	21.3
16 years	31.0	28.3	30.7	25.4	29.4	30.0	33.1	31.9	31.4	20.4	31.8	31.1	36.6	34.1	19.7	24.8
17 years	31.1	34.1	36.2	62.3	48.3	43.8	44.3	28.8	39.4	28.9	34.7	26.6	30.7	44.3	14.1	21.5
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	136,660	10,461	16,812	1,134	1,237	1,232	2,685	89,576	5,919	152	346	289	290	88	432	6,007
Source of referral to treatment
Criminal justice/DUI	50.5	45.2	48.8	25.7	27.7	41.8	39.0	54.0	48.2	23.3	41.7	38.6	45.7	43.0	30.0	34.8
Self- or individual	16.5	17.2	17.8	34.3	33.3	21.4	24.3	14.8	19.0	17.1	24.8	19.3	18.5	19.8	24.4	22.7
School (educational)	11.3	19.1	10.8	3.2	7.9	3.9	5.0	10.3	6.1	28.1	7.3	16.8	8.3	5.8	9.4	26.7
Alcohol/drug abuse    care provider	6.5	4.6	7.1	18.7	12.5	12.9	13.2	6.2	7.1	21.9	8.8	8.6	8.3	18.6	10.3	2.4
Other health care provider	4.6	4.8	5.5	8.5	8.5	6.4	7.4	4.2	4.0	4.1	9.7	9.3	7.2	4.7	9.9	4.6
Employer/EAP	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.2	- -	0.1	0.1	0.1	- -	0.3	0.4	- -	- -	- -	0.1
Other community referral	10.4	9.0	10.0	9.1	10.0	13.6	11.0	10.4	15.6	5.5	7.6	7.1	12.0	8.1	16.0	8.8
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	133,495	10,222	16,472	1,102	1,207	1,190	2,606	87,726	5,743	146	331	280	276	86	426	5,682
- -  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.