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Table 3.11. Percent distribution of admissions by treatment characteristics, according to primary substance of abuse: 1996

[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions - Supplemental Data Set1]
Characteristic All admis-sions Primary substance at admission
Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Smoked cocaine Non-smoked cocaine Heroin Other opiates Mari-juana/ hashish Meth-amphet-amine Other stimu-lants Tran-quil-izers Seda-tives Hallu-cino-gens PCP Inhal-ants Other/ None speci-fied
Total 1,534,045 432,617 325,294 177,882 62,469 198,640 15,446 195,787 42,330 11,816 3,992 2,985 2,517 2,232 1,908 58,130
Criminal justice referral (detail)
Probation/parole 34.4 17.3 37.5 46.2 60.0 56.3 38.5 50.0 38.0 63.7 35.9 32.9 46.9 60.2 40.9 30.8
State/Federal court 19.3 22.0 20.6 14.0 8.6 9.0 20.1 19.8 12.4 19.3 17.8 20.8 13.9 7.1 23.5 19.3
Formal adjudication 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.9 2.3 3.4 2.4 2.2 2.6 3.5 3.7 2.7 2.4 3.8 3.4 1.9
Other legal entity 11.5 15.9 8.1 11.5 9.1 9.8 9.3 8.1 6.8 1.1 12.6 6.8 8.2 4.9 12.8 9.5
Diversionary program 3.3 2.0 3.0 5.1 4.2 3.9 4.4 5.3 17.0 0.9 4.0 5.8 4.2 5.5 2.4 1.2
Prison 4.9 1.6 4.6 8.8 9.3 11.3 5.4 6.2 16.1 9.3 3.4 4.7 15.6 6.4 6.4 8.1
DUI/DWI 20.6 36.4 19.9 5.2 3.2 2.7 11.8 3.4 3.0 1.1 16.1 18.4 3.1 4.9 4.0 26.7
Other 3.6 2.2 4.1 6.3 3.3 3.6 8.3 4.9 4.2 1.1 6.3 7.9 5.7 7.3 6.7 2.4
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No. of admissions 301,039 115,483 62,706 27,164 10,269 13,271 1,231 51,619 2,199 3,630 348 365 546 452 328 11,428
Days waiting to enter treatment
None 70.5 73.2 68.4 68.1 68.9 67.6 68.5 69.9 71.2 66.2 70.9 69.8 69.7 58.6 75.8 70.4
1-7 days 16.5 15.1 17.4 18.7 17.6 20.2 21.2 16.1 14.7 18.5 18.7 18.0 16.6 17.9 12.1 16.4
8-14 days 5.7 5.5 6.1 5.4 5.9 5.1 4.0 6.0 6.2 6.6 5.0 6.5 5.6 5.6 4.7 5.4
15-30 days 4.4 4.1 5.0 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.8 4.6 5.6 3.7 3.9 4.9 6.8 6.0 3.5
More than 30 days 2.8 2.1 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.5 3.1 3.3 3.1 1.8 1.9 3.1 11.1 1.3 4.3
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No. of admissions 319,290 108,735 66,412 37,257 10,288 9,433 3,442 52,457 12,142 1,020 846 646 673 162 529 15,248
1 Supplemental Data Set items are not reported by all States. See Table 4.4 for details.

SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, TEDS - 1.14.98.

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