Table 2.1b Admissions aged 12 and older by gender and age at admission, according to primary substance of abuse: TEDS 2008 Row percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions.]
Gender and age at admission	No. of admis- sions	Primary substance at admission														Total
		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	1,893,640	23.1	18.3	14.1	5.9	8.1	3.2	17.0	6.4	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	2.7	100.0
Gender
Male	1,286,470	24.9	19.6	14.1	4.6	6.7	3.1	18.4	5.2	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	2.4	100.0
Female	606,783	19.2	15.6	14.1	8.5	11.0	3.5	13.9	9.0	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	3.4	100.0
Age at admission
12 to 14 years	23,768	10.8	10.0	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.6	63.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	*	0.8	12.0	100.0
15 to 17 years	117,915	7.0	12.4	1.0	1.7	0.5	1.3	68.8	2.1	0.4	0.2	0.3	*	0.2	3.9	100.0
18 to 19 years	76,820	12.9	15.7	9.1	5.9	2.0	2.6	43.2	4.4	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	2.8	100.0
20 to 24 years	273,146	15.5	16.4	15.8	9.0	3.3	3.1	25.7	7.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.1	2.5	100.0
25 to 29 years	279,600	16.9	17.1	16.3	9.5	5.4	3.9	17.4	9.4	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.1	2.6	100.0
30 to 34 years	213,462	20.1	18.1	15.4	7.7	8.1	4.3	12.8	9.6	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.3	*	2.6	100.0
35 to 39 years	220,751	23.4	20.1	15.2	5.2	12.1	4.0	8.1	8.4	0.6	0.2	*	0.2	*	2.4	100.0
40 to 44 years	238,403	27.0	22.1	15.2	3.8	13.9	3.6	5.3	6.1	0.5	0.2	*	0.1	*	2.3	100.0
45 to 49 years	218,564	32.2	22.2	14.2	3.5	12.9	3.1	4.1	4.6	0.5	0.2	*	0.1	*	2.4	100.0
50 to 54 years	134,670	37.0	19.8	16.4	3.9	10.7	2.5	3.2	3.1	0.6	0.2	*	0.1	*	2.5	100.0
55 to 59 years	61,942	43.9	16.9	17.2	3.9	8.0	1.9	2.7	1.9	0.7	0.3	*	*	*	2.6	100.0
60 to 64 years	22,324	54.4	13.1	14.0	3.4	6.5	1.5	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.3	*	*	*	3.0	100.0
65 years and over	12,275	65.9	8.4	8.8	2.6	3.8	1.1	1.7	0.6	0.6	1.3	*	*	*	5.1	100.0
* Less than 0.05 percent.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 8.31.09.