Table 2.2 Admissions aged 12 and older by race/ethnicity, according to primary substance of abuse: TEDS 2008 Column and row percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions.]
Race/ethnicity	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	1,893,640	437,204	347,058	267,335	111,251	152,819	61,152	321,648	121,485	11,234	4,416	1,709	3,853	1,224	51,252
	Column percent distribution
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7	68.9	60.3	55.7	88.6	38.5	52.0	48.8	65.1	84.2	81.1	66.5	15.9	65.8	56.8
Black (non-Hispanic)	20.9	11.5	22.5	20.5	3.6	50.2	24.3	29.8	3.2	5.0	6.5	18.5	57.6	6.7	28.7
Hispanic origin	13.8	12.8	11.2	20.5	4.1	8.1	19.8	15.4	21.2	7.7	8.4	9.3	22.5	18.0	10.0
Mexican	5.7	6.3	3.8	4.7	1.6	2.5	7.5	7.2	15.9	1.1	5.5	3.4	8.6	10.9	1.6
Puerto Rican	3.9	2.0	3.6	11.6	0.9	2.7	6.2	3.4	0.4	3.9	0.8	1.8	8.1	1.3	1.2
Cuban	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.2	- -	0.2
Other/not specified	4.0	4.4	3.6	4.0	1.5	2.6	5.6	4.5	4.8	2.5	2.1	3.5	5.6	5.7	7.0
Other	5.6	6.7	6.0	3.3	3.7	3.2	3.9	6.0	10.5	3.1	3.9	5.7	4.0	9.5	4.5
American Indian/Alaska Native1	2.3	3.9	3.2	0.6	1.7	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.3	0.9	1.4	1.8	0.8	5.9	1.5
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	1.2	3.2	0.5	1.2	1.4	0.6	1.2	0.6
Other	2.3	1.9	2.0	2.2	1.4	1.7	2.3	3.0	5.0	1.7	1.3	2.5	2.6	2.4	2.3
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	1,857,907	429,644	340,686	264,703	109,780	150,321	60,445	314,652	121,160	11,092	4,370	1,685	3,812	1,186	44,371
	Row percent distribution
All admissions	1,857,907	23.1	18.3	14.2	5.9	8.1	3.3	16.9	6.5	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	2.4	100.0
White (non-Hispanic)	1,108,794	26.7	18.5	13.3	8.8	5.2	2.8	13.9	7.1	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.3	100.0
Black (non-Hispanic)	388,364	12.7	19.7	14.0	1.0	19.4	3.8	24.1	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	*	3.3	100.0
Hispanic origin	257,102	21.4	14.8	21.1	1.8	4.7	4.7	18.8	10.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.1	1.7	100.0
Mexican	106,233	25.6	12.2	11.8	1.7	3.6	4.2	21.3	18.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.7	100.0
Puerto Rican	73,045	11.6	16.9	42.0	1.4	5.6	5.1	14.8	0.7	0.6	*	*	0.4	*	0.7	100.0
Cuban	3,630	16.8	16.6	13.0	3.1	10.6	9.3	22.5	4.3	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.2	- -	2.5	100.0
Other/not specified	74,194	25.2	16.4	14.4	2.2	5.2	4.5	19.0	7.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.1	4.2	100.0
Other	103,647	27.9	19.6	8.4	3.9	4.6	2.3	18.2	12.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.9	100.0
American Indian/Alaska Native1	42,199	39.3	25.9	3.7	4.5	2.9	1.3	13.3	6.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	1.6	100.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	18,325	23.9	14.4	6.9	3.2	5.3	2.1	20.4	21.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.5	100.0
Other	43,123	18.6	15.6	13.7	3.7	6.0	3.2	22.1	13.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	2.3	100.0
1  Alaska did not report TEDS data for 2008.
*  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 8.31.09.