A Comparison of Female and Male Treatment Admissions: 2002

The DASIS Report:  A Comparison of Female and Male Treatment Admissions: 2002

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• In 2002, based on SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), females accounted for 30% of substance abuse treatment admissions. The average age at substance abuse treatment admission for female admissions was slightly younger than male admissions (33.3 vs. 34.2 years).

• Female admissions were more likely than male admissions to be in treatment for opiates or cocaine and less likely to be substance abuse treatment for alcohol or marijuana.

• The expected source of payment for treatment for female admissions was equally distributed (about 25% each) between self-payment, Medicaid/Medicare, and other government payments. In contrast, the expected source of payment for treatment for male admissions was most frequently self-payment (34%) or other government payments (28%).

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  A Comparison of Female and Male Treatment Admissions: 2002 , is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment.  DASIS is conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 

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