Table 3.3 Admissions aged 12-17 by age at admission and treatment referral source, according to primary substance of abuse: TEDS 2008 Column percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions.]
Age at admission and treatment referral source	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
Age at admission
12 years	1.4	3.2	0.8	- -	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.4	2.3	0.3	- -	6.1	9.0
13 years	4.6	8.3	3.8	0.7	2.2	1.1	1.3	3.9	1.5	4.3	6.3	1.3	- -	13.5	13.0
14 years	10.8	12.0	9.3	2.9	6.1	3.4	6.6	10.9	6.9	11.0	12.4	6.4	10.0	19.2	16.0
15 years	21.1	17.5	18.6	10.2	15.9	17.4	16.7	22.4	18.4	21.9	23.6	19.3	11.7	18.8	20.2
16 years	29.9	25.7	29.9	23.8	25.6	32.8	30.0	31.1	31.2	27.1	25.6	36.8	28.3	26.8	22.0
17 years	32.3	33.2	37.5	62.3	49.9	45.1	45.3	30.9	41.8	35.3	29.9	36.0	50.0	15.4	19.8
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	141,683	10,870	16,990	1,250	2,144	638	1,692	96,088	2,741	516	348	389	60	473	7,484
Treatment referral source
Criminal justice/DUI	48.2	40.0	45.7	29.5	27.5	43.0	38.4	52.0	42.8	37.5	32.9	33.1	46.7	26.6	33.7
Self- or individual	16.5	18.9	18.0	37.0	31.2	19.9	22.7	14.8	19.7	22.4	22.3	28.9	18.3	24.4	19.0
School (educational)	11.2	18.2	10.2	1.7	8.2	5.4	5.6	10.2	7.1	12.3	16.9	2.9	6.7	13.2	22.2
Alcohol/drug abuse    care provider	7.4	4.3	7.9	17.4	12.9	12.9	14.2	6.8	8.6	9.5	9.1	10.8	6.7	9.7	12.0
Other health care provider	4.7	4.0	5.7	6.6	9.6	7.3	7.2	4.3	5.3	10.1	8.8	10.2	3.3	11.2	4.5
Employer/EAP	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	- -	0.2	0.1	*	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	0.1
Other community referral	12.0	14.6	12.3	7.7	10.3	11.5	11.7	11.8	16.5	8.1	10.0	14.2	18.3	14.9	8.6
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	139,255	10,742	16,696	1,233	2,106	628	1,673	94,630	2,687	504	319	381	60	463	7,133
*  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.