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Highlights for 2007 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS)

Table 2b
Admissions by gender, race/ethnicity, and age at admission, according to primary substance of abuse: TEDS 2007
Row percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 6a.]
Gender, race/ethnicity, and age at admission No. of
admis-
sions		 Primary substance at admission Total
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  1,817,577  22.3  18.0  13.6   5.0   9.2   3.7  15.8   7.9      *   0.5   0.2   0.1   0.2   0.1   3.3 100.0
Gender                  
Male 1,229,378  24.4  19.4  13.7   3.9   7.9   3.5  17.2   6.3      *   0.4   0.1   0.1   0.2   0.1   2.7 100.0
Female   587,499  18.0  15.0  13.2   7.2  12.1   4.0  13.0  11.1   0.1   0.9   0.4   0.1   0.2   0.1   4.8 100.0
Race/ethnicity                  
White (non-Hispanic) 1,078,346  25.9  18.2  11.9   7.4   6.3   3.3  13.5   8.7      *   0.8   0.3   0.1      *   0.1   3.4 100.0
Black (non-Hispanic)   374,825  12.0  20.0  14.5   0.9  21.8   4.1  21.9   1.1   0.1   0.1   0.1   0.1   0.5      *   2.9 100.0
Hispanic origin   257,246  20.8  13.8  21.4   1.5   5.1   4.9  16.7  11.6      *   0.3   0.1      *   0.3   0.1   3.4 100.0
Mexican   104,759  25.3  11.0  12.4   1.2   4.0   4.4  18.8  21.6   0.1   0.1   0.2      *   0.3   0.1   0.5 100.0
Puerto Rican    71,374  11.2  15.9  42.4   1.5   6.3   5.7  14.1   0.9      *   0.6   0.1   0.1   0.3      *   1.0 100.0
Cuban     3,494  19.9  16.8  12.7   2.3  11.2   9.0  20.2   4.2      *   0.7   0.1   0.1   0.1   0.1   2.5 100.0
Other/not specified    77,619  23.7  15.3  14.6   1.6   5.3   4.7  16.0   8.4      *   0.3   0.1      *   0.2   0.1   9.6 100.0
Other    99,384  27.0  18.8   8.2   3.2   5.0   2.5  16.9  14.8   0.1   0.3   0.2   0.1   0.1   0.1   2.8 100.0
Alaska Native     1,535  27.9  18.4  20.9   4.4   5.9   3.1  10.9   6.6   0.1   0.5   0.3   0.1   0.1      - -   0.8 100.0
American Indian    40,169  38.8  25.0   3.1   3.5   3.2   1.6  12.5   8.8      *   0.2   0.1   0.1   0.1   0.2   2.8 100.0
Asian/Pacific Islander    17,396  21.7  13.2   6.0   2.6   5.1   2.2  20.1  25.7   0.1   0.2   0.2   0.1   0.1      *   2.6 100.0
Other    40,284  17.5  15.0  13.7   3.0   6.7   3.5  20.1  16.3   0.1   0.4   0.2   0.2   0.3   0.1   3.0 100.0
Age at admission                  
Under 15 years    22,791   9.5   9.7   0.3   0.7   0.4   0.8  60.8   1.7   0.2   0.3   0.3   0.2      *   0.9  14.2 100.0
15 to 19 years   183,537   9.9  14.3   3.6   2.6   1.5   2.5  55.9   4.8   0.1   0.4   0.3   0.3   0.1   0.2   3.6 100.0
15 to 17 years   110,951   7.7  13.1   0.9   1.2   0.7   1.9  66.0   3.6   0.1   0.4   0.3   0.3      *   0.2   3.7 100.0
18 to 19 years    72,586  13.4  16.2   7.7   4.6   2.7   3.5  40.6   6.6   0.1   0.5   0.3   0.2   0.1   0.1   3.4 100.0
20 to 24 years   257,995  15.4  16.2  13.8   7.6   4.2   3.7  24.4  10.1      *   0.6   0.3   0.1   0.3      *   3.1 100.0
25 to 29 years   261,023  16.4  16.5  15.2   7.8   6.7   4.6  16.4  11.8   0.1   0.6   0.3   0.1   0.4      *   3.3 100.0
30 to 34 years   202,342  19.2  17.5  14.9   6.3  10.0   4.7  11.6  11.5      *   0.6   0.2   0.1   0.3      *   3.2 100.0
35 to 39 years   226,589  21.9  19.9  15.1   4.5  13.9   4.4   7.2   9.3      *   0.5   0.2      *   0.1      *   3.0 100.0
40 to 44 years   243,093  25.8  21.8  14.9   3.3  15.1   3.8   4.8   6.8      *   0.5   0.2      *   0.1      *   2.7 100.0
45 to 49 years   208,724  31.0  21.4  14.6   3.4  13.8   3.3   3.8   5.0      *   0.5   0.2      *   0.1      *   2.9 100.0
50 to 54 years   122,327  36.2  19.0  16.9   3.7  11.0   2.6   3.1   3.2      *   0.6   0.2      *      *      *   3.4 100.0
55 to 59 years    54,762  43.6  15.6  17.2   3.6   8.3   2.0   2.5   2.1      *   0.6   0.2      *      *      *   4.2 100.0
60 to 64 years    20,323  54.7  12.3  12.9   2.9   6.0   1.5   1.7   1.2      *   0.7   0.3      *      *      *   5.6 100.0
65 years and over    11,498  65.8   7.9   8.8   2.7   3.7   1.1   1.2   0.6   0.1   0.5   1.3      - -      *      - -   6.3 100.0
* 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 10.6.08.

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