Table 1.4 Admissions aged 12 and older by race/ethnicity: TEDS 1998-2008 and U.S. population aged 12 and older 2008 Number and percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions (excl. Puerto Rico).]
Race/ethnicity	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008		U.S. pop. 2008 (000s)1
	Number
Total	1,704,606	1,715,336	1,750,426	1,767,430	1,885,044	1,857,589	1,815,977	1,884,210	1,918,256	1,866,737	1,890,547
White (non-Hispanic)	1,000,795	1,005,135	1,009,585	1,029,321	1,094,208	1,080,658	1,077,090	1,101,653	1,128,856	1,109,607	1,108,789		167,513
Black (non-Hispanic)	418,094	412,171	434,600	431,605	454,520	442,784	410,983	417,329	418,807	382,267	388,363		28,093
Hispanic origin	190,886	202,994	210,699	214,328	240,191	236,752	230,424	254,300	262,053	254,045	254,036		33,718
Mexican	73,131	79,162	80,304	80,766	97,661	95,138	95,437	100,459	105,536	106,744	106,232		n/a
Puerto Rican	72,081	76,465	78,576	82,569	81,935	76,494	69,367	74,135	73,339	65,844	70,005		n/a
Cuban	3,934	4,436	4,633	4,197	5,449	7,069	5,553	9,466	8,158	3,710	3,629		n/a
Other/not specified	41,740	42,931	47,186	46,796	55,146	58,051	60,067	70,240	75,020	77,747	74,170		n/a
Other	71,998	76,760	79,748	77,257	82,491	83,832	85,503	89,649	98,502	101,727	103,638		17,288
American Indian/Alaska Native2	40,303	39,874	37,563	37,530	39,274	35,503	35,906	38,877	41,641	42,397	42,199		1,792
Asian/Pacific Islander	11,485	13,565	14,619	14,083	16,427	17,716	16,087	19,016	18,443	17,595	18,325		11,322
Other	20,210	23,321	27,566	25,644	26,790	30,613	33,510	31,756	38,418	41,735	43,114		4,174
No. of admissions	1,681,773	1,697,060	1,734,632	1,752,511	1,871,410	1,844,026	1,804,000	1,862,931	1,908,218	1,847,646	1,854,826		246,613
	Percent distribution
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5	59.2	58.2	58.7	58.5	58.6	59.7	59.1	59.2	60.1	59.8		67.9
Black (non-Hispanic)	24.9	24.3	25.1	24.6	24.3	24.0	22.8	22.4	21.9	20.7	20.9		11.4
Hispanic origin	11.4	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.8	12.8	12.8	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7		13.7
Mexican	4.3	4.7	4.6	4.6	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.7		n/a
Puerto Rican	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.4	4.1	3.8	4.0	3.8	3.6	3.8		n/a
Cuban	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.2		n/a
Other/not specified	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.7	2.9	3.1	3.3	3.8	3.9	4.2	4.0		n/a
Other	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.7	4.8	5.2	5.5	5.6		7.0
American Indian/Alaska Native2	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.3		0.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0		4.6
Other	1.2	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.9	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.3		1.7
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
1  Resident population aged 12 and older; excludes Alaska and Georgia, which did not report TEDS data for 2008.
2  Alaska did not report TEDS data for 2004-2008.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 8.31.09.  U.S. population: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Annual State Resident Population Estimates for 6 Race Groups by Age, Sex, and Hispanic Origin: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 (SC-EST2008-ALLDATA6, rel. May 14, 2009).