Table 3.2 Admissions aged 12-17 by gender and race/ethnicity, according to primary substance of abuse: TEDS 2008 Column percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions.]
Gender and race/ethnicity	All admis- sions aged 12-17	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 12-17	141,683	10,870	16,990	1,250	2,144	638	1,692	96,088	2,741	516	348	389	60	473	7,484
Gender
Male	70.0	55.6	59.3	48.6	56.1	54.4	51.6	76.4	42.2	55.4	52.3	66.8	63.3	56.2	59.5
Female	30.0	44.4	40.7	51.4	43.9	45.6	48.4	23.6	57.8	44.6	47.7	33.2	36.7	43.8	40.5
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	141,658	10,862	16,988	1,250	2,143	638	1,692	96,076	2,741	516	348	389	60	473	7,482
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0	48.6	58.3	79.7	86.4	62.4	60.4	47.2	49.5	76.5	68.7	78.6	28.3	51.7	46.0
Black (non-Hispanic)	19.2	11.3	7.5	2.0	2.3	12.2	4.4	22.9	3.4	6.3	5.2	6.5	31.7	5.4	32.0
Hispanic origin	21.4	26.9	19.9	13.8	5.0	21.0	29.0	21.6	35.1	12.7	20.0	10.1	35.0	30.1	13.4
Mexican	13.9	19.7	13.2	8.7	2.8	13.0	20.8	13.8	27.4	9.0	15.9	5.4	11.7	21.6	5.0
Puerto Rican	1.8	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.4	1.9	1.8	2.1	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.3	13.3	1.1	1.2
Cuban	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.8	- -	1.3	- -	- -	0.5
Other/not specified	5.5	6.3	5.3	2.8	1.6	5.9	5.7	5.4	7.2	2.2	3.8	3.1	10.0	7.4	6.7
Other	9.4	13.2	14.3	4.4	6.4	4.5	6.3	8.3	12.0	4.5	6.1	4.9	5.0	12.8	8.6
American Indian/Alaska Native1	2.6	3.0	6.4	0.9	3.4	1.1	1.1	1.9	2.1	1.6	0.9	1.6	1.7	7.8	2.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.4	5.5	3.7	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.6	2.1	3.5	1.2	2.9	0.5	- -	1.7	0.8
Other	4.4	4.6	4.2	2.7	2.5	2.1	3.6	4.3	6.4	1.8	2.3	2.8	3.3	3.2	5.7
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	137,586	10,522	16,618	1,224	2,110	625	1,678	93,998	2,732	511	345	387	60	462	6,314
1  Alaska did not report TEDS data for 2008.
- -  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.