Table 2.12 Admissions aged 16 and over by primary source of income, according to primary substance of abuse: TEDS 2008 Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions - Supplemental Data Set.1]
Primary source of income	All admis- sions	Primary substance at admission
		Alcohol		Opiates		Cocaine		Mari- juana/ hashish	Metham- phetamine/ amphet- amine	Tran- quil- izers	Seda- tives	Hallu- cino- gens	PCP	Inhal- ants	Other/ none speci- fied
		Alcohol only	Secon- dary drug	Heroin	Other opiates	Smoked cocaine	Other route
Total admissions aged 16 and over	1,840,046	432,742	341,529	267,162	110,725	152,678	60,733	285,141	120,745	11,040	4,261	1,603	3,840	951	46,896
Primary source of income
None	35.0	28.4	34.8	46.5	32.7	42.0	32.6	32.7	39.1	37.5	26.1	36.3	38.4	33.3	35.3
Wages/salary	31.6	45.0	31.1	14.9	31.5	17.2	30.4	33.6	33.0	21.9	28.0	28.3	21.9	30.4	29.8
Public assistance	7.3	4.6	7.7	10.3	7.1	11.0	8.4	6.9	6.2	7.4	5.6	4.4	11.9	5.8	4.4
Disability	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.6	5.8	8.4	4.5	3.3	3.6	6.8	5.4	3.7	3.1	8.4	11.0
Retirement/pension	0.8	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.8
Other	20.0	15.1	20.9	22.4	22.2	20.7	23.7	23.2	17.7	25.8	33.7	27.0	24.7	21.4	17.7
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	100.0	100.0	100.0
No. of admissions	1,213,922	309,712	242,338	164,591	71,803	102,290	43,658	191,725	47,925	8,032	3,051	946	1,997	583	25,271
1 Supplemental Data Set items are not reported by all States and jurisdictions.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 8.31.09.