Table 6.2a Detoxification admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to age at admission: TEDS 2006 Column percent distribution and average age at admission
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Age at admission	No. of detox- ification 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	382,603	121,371	73,996	97,722	20,800	32,663	7,636	6,550	12,882	192	2,465	820	106	184	129	5,087
Age at admission
Under 15 years	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	1.0	*	0.5	0.1	- -	- -	- -	1.6	0.1
15 to 19 years	2.5	1.8	1.4	2.8	4.0	1.1	4.8	17.7	4.8	1.6	3.8	4.8	18.1	1.1	10.1	2.8
15 to 17 years	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	*	0.8	7.4	0.7	- -	0.4	0.4	4.8	- -	4.7	0.3
18 to 19 years	2.1	1.6	1.1	2.6	3.6	1.1	4.1	10.3	4.1	1.6	3.5	4.4	13.3	1.1	5.4	2.5
20 to 24 years	10.7	6.8	5.8	15.7	21.9	6.1	14.8	24.5	19.6	11.5	15.1	15.9	35.2	18.5	11.6	14.3
25 to 29 years	11.8	6.9	8.4	16.5	20.5	9.8	17.1	17.6	22.5	13.5	16.0	15.1	13.3	29.9	21.7	15.5
30 to 34 years	11.1	8.0	10.1	13.2	13.3	13.0	14.8	11.6	17.5	7.3	12.0	14.4	11.4	18.5	11.6	13.3
35 to 39 years	15.2	12.5	18.6	15.3	11.9	20.6	16.7	10.7	15.7	14.1	13.7	12.6	7.6	17.4	10.1	14.1
40 to 44 years	18.0	18.8	23.5	14.6	10.7	23.7	15.6	9.1	11.2	14.6	12.8	14.0	8.6	8.7	12.4	14.1
45 to 49 years	15.3	19.4	18.3	11.6	8.8	16.3	9.5	5.0	5.9	17.2	12.6	9.8	2.9	4.9	10.9	12.5
50 to 54 years	9.1	13.8	9.1	6.7	5.5	6.5	4.9	1.9	1.9	11.5	8.5	7.2	1.0	0.5	7.8	8.1
55 to 59 years	4.1	7.3	3.2	2.8	2.3	2.0	1.3	0.8	0.7	5.7	3.7	3.9	1.9	0.5	0.8	3.5
60 to 64 years	1.4	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	2.6	1.1	1.3	- -	- -	0.8	1.0
65 years and over	0.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2	*	*	- -	0.6	1.1	- -	- -	0.8	0.6
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	382,417	121,320	73,971	97,691	20,790	32,631	7,631	6,543	12,872	192	2,457	820	105	184	129	5,081
Average age at admission	38 yrs	42 yrs	40 yrs	35 yrs	33 yrs	39 yrs	34 yrs	29 yrs	32 yrs	39 yrs	36 yrs	36 yrs	28 yrs	31 yrs	34 yrs	36 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 10.9.07.