Table 2a Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to sex, race/ethnicity, and age at admission: TEDS 2005 Column percent distribution and average age at admission
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 6a.]
Sex, race/ethnicity, and age at admission	All admis- sions	Primary substance at admission
		Alcohol		Opiates		Cocaine		Mari- juana/ hashish	Stimulants		Tran- quil- izers	Seda- tives	Hallu- cino- gens	PCP	Inhal- ants	Other/ none speci- fied
		Alcohol only	With secondary drug	Heroin	Other opiates	Smoked cocaine	Other route		Metham- phetamine/ amphet- amine	Other stimu- lants
Total	1,849,548	398,656	324,990	254,345	67,887	185,236	71,255	292,250	169,489	981	8,039	4,361	2,057	2,807	1,372	65,823
Sex
Male	68.1	74.9	73.7	68.3	53.7	58.3	65.0	73.4	53.8	64.2	46.9	44.2	71.9	68.6	64.1	59.9
Female	31.9	25.1	26.3	31.7	46.3	41.7	35.0	26.6	46.2	35.8	53.1	55.8	28.1	31.4	35.9	40.1
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	1,849,060	398,564	324,936	254,316	67,875	185,204	71,240	292,145	169,473	981	8,039	4,360	2,057	2,806	1,372	65,692
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	59.3	69.2	59.7	50.4	88.6	38.4	52.2	52.4	71.4	61.6	84.7	81.8	68.2	18.7	66.1	65.1
Black (non-Hispanic)	22.1	12.2	24.6	23.1	4.4	51.9	27.6	29.3	2.6	16.6	5.2	7.0	16.5	51.9	8.1	14.6
Hispanic origin	13.7	12.7	10.6	23.5	3.6	7.5	16.7	13.4	17.5	16.8	7.3	8.0	9.5	22.7	17.5	14.4
Mexican	5.4	6.8	3.4	4.9	1.0	2.2	6.4	6.0	12.6	8.6	1.7	3.7	2.7	10.3	11.9	0.9
Puerto Rican	4.0	1.8	3.7	13.4	1.0	2.6	5.3	3.1	0.4	1.9	3.3	1.5	1.8	6.5	1.3	1.9
Cuban	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.5
Other/not specified	3.8	3.7	3.0	4.3	1.2	2.0	4.3	3.9	4.3	5.8	1.7	2.4	4.3	4.8	4.3	11.1
Other	4.9	5.9	5.1	3.0	3.4	2.3	3.6	5.0	8.5	5.0	2.8	3.3	5.8	6.7	8.3	5.9
Alaska Native	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	*
American Indian	2.1	3.3	2.8	0.5	1.5	0.6	1.2	1.7	2.3	2.1	0.9	1.2	1.6	1.3	5.2	3.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.6	1.3	3.3	1.3	0.6	0.6	1.8	0.9	1.1	0.7
Other	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.8	1.0	1.1	1.8	2.0	2.7	1.3	1.2	1.3	2.4	4.3	1.8	1.5
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	100.0
No. of admissions	1,828,454	393,138	321,221	252,693	66,990	183,456	70,580	288,449	168,226	972	7,918	4,271	1,927	2,751	1,357	64,505
Age at admission
Under 15 years	1.5	0.5	0.7	*	0.2	0.1	0.3	5.4	0.5	3.1	0.8	1.1	1.6	0.3	18.2	9.3
15 to 19 years	10.5	4.1	8.0	3.0	5.1	1.8	7.1	36.6	9.4	13.6	8.1	9.0	27.2	5.7	22.0	10.7
15 to 17 years	6.4	2.0	4.4	0.5	1.6	0.6	3.2	26.5	4.7	8.8	4.5	4.7	15.2	2.6	16.4	6.9
18 to 19 years	4.1	2.2	3.6	2.5	3.6	1.3	3.8	10.1	4.8	4.8	3.6	4.3	12.1	3.1	5.6	3.8
20 to 24 years	14.2	9.4	12.9	14.0	20.2	6.4	14.2	22.1	21.0	13.4	15.1	14.6	26.8	25.3	10.5	13.5
25 to 29 years	13.2	9.6	12.0	14.5	19.3	9.8	15.9	13.9	20.1	13.3	14.8	13.9	18.0	24.5	10.5	13.0
30 to 34 years	11.8	10.0	11.7	13.1	14.3	14.4	15.2	7.9	16.1	11.2	12.3	12.8	9.0	14.9	9.3	11.6
35 to 39 years	13.6	12.9	15.5	15.5	11.8	21.6	16.2	5.7	13.9	10.3	12.7	12.5	6.5	12.4	9.4	11.4
40 to 44 years	14.5	17.4	17.7	15.5	11.2	22.9	15.7	4.3	10.7	14.4	13.0	10.7	4.7	10.7	5.9	11.8
45 to 49 years	10.7	15.4	12.6	12.4	9.2	14.5	9.6	2.5	5.7	9.7	11.1	11.5	2.9	4.1	7.8	8.5
50 to 54 years	5.9	10.4	5.9	7.8	5.4	6.0	4.0	1.1	1.8	6.4	6.9	6.1	2.4	1.3	3.7	5.3
55 to 59 years	2.5	5.6	2.1	2.9	2.2	1.9	1.4	0.4	0.5	2.6	3.0	2.9	0.5	0.6	1.8	2.7
60 to 64 years	1.0	2.7	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.5	1.3	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.2
65 years and over	0.6	1.9	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	*	0.1	0.4	0.8	3.4	- -	0.1	0.2	0.9
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	1,847,685	398,384	324,672	254,212	67,722	185,062	71,158	291,832	169,337	977	8,016	4,352	2,057	2,807	1,366	65,731
Average age at admission	34 yrs	40 yrs	35 yrs	36 yrs	33 yrs	38 yrs	34 yrs	24 yrs	31 yrs	33 yrs	35 yrs	35 yrs	26 yrs	30 yrs	27 yrs	32 yrs
*  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 10.3.06.