Table 3 Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to frequency of use, route of administration, age at first use, and number of prior treatment episodes: TEDS 2006 Percent distribution |
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[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 6a.] | ||||||||||||||||
Frequency of use, route of administration, age at first use, and number of prior treatment episodes |
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 |
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Alcohol
only |
With secondary drug |
Heroin | Other opiates |
Smoked cocaine |
Other route |
Metham- phetamine/ amphet- amine |
Other stimu- lants |
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Total | 1,800,717 | 393,810 | 320,222 | 245,984 | 74,750 | 178,475 | 71,660 | 289,988 | 155,643 | 843 | 8,011 | 3,866 | 1,510 | 2,777 | 1,034 | 52,144 |
Frequency of use | ||||||||||||||||
No use in the past month | 28.0 | 26.4 | 26.6 | 15.0 | 18.6 | 25.6 | 33.9 | 36.0 | 44.6 | 38.1 | 21.7 | 24.9 | 50.6 | 45.4 | 33.7 | 31.1 |
1-3 times in the past month | 12.5 | 15.8 | 12.6 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 11.0 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 11.1 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 12.1 | 16.5 | 19.3 | 8.4 |
1-2 times per week | 9.2 | 12.6 | 9.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 5.2 |
3-6 times per week | 11.7 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 14.7 | 8.8 | 14.0 | 10.8 | 9.6 | 11.6 | 7.9 |
Daily | 38.6 | 32.2 | 38.0 | 72.5 | 64.1 | 38.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 18.8 | 28.0 | 56.2 | 43.8 | 17.6 | 19.4 | 24.9 | 47.5 |
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 | 1,729,630 | 378,467 | 314,912 | 244,625 | 74,180 | 176,795 | 70,695 | 287,247 | 154,678 | 839 | 7,947 | 3,812 | 1,474 | 2,754 | 1,015 | 10,190 |
Route of administration | ||||||||||||||||
Oral | 45.0 | 98.9 | 99.1 | 1.2 | 71.7 | - - | 6.6 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 63.2 | 92.0 | 92.1 | 68.7 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 64.9 |
Smoking | 33.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 100.0 | - - | 96.2 | 65.1 | 24.8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 17.5 | 90.1 | 3.7 | 12.7 |
Inhalation | 11.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 32.0 | 14.0 | - - | 79.5 | 0.9 | 10.9 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 84.9 | 6.7 |
Injection | 9.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 64.1 | 11.3 | - - | 11.4 | 0.2 | 18.3 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 8.0 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
Other | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | - - | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 12.2 |
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 | 1,727,426 | 376,858 | 312,983 | 244,370 | 74,187 | 178,475 | 70,448 | 288,635 | 153,862 | 842 | 7,964 | 3,820 | 1,495 | 2,725 | 1,025 | 9,737 |
Age at first use | ||||||||||||||||
12 years or under | 13.2 | 14.0 | 23.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 25.2 | 5.9 | 20.0 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 27.1 | 12.5 |
13 to 14 years | 16.5 | 16.6 | 24.4 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 31.0 | 12.5 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 17.7 | 14.0 | 25.9 | 10.2 |
15 to 16 years | 21.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 15.5 | 25.2 | 17.8 | 20.6 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 24.8 | 21.6 | 18.7 | 14.6 |
17 to 18 years | 16.3 | 22.0 | 14.2 | 18.2 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 18.8 | 11.1 | 16.8 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 20.0 | 20.3 | 9.6 | 12.6 |
19 to 20 years | 8.3 | 7.9 | 4.2 | 14.1 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 13.1 | 3.4 | 10.3 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 6.3 | 8.3 |
21 to 25 years | 11.8 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 21.0 | 20.8 | 22.9 | 20.6 | 2.8 | 16.4 | 14.5 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 10.8 | 15.8 | 3.8 | 13.5 |
26 to 30 years | 5.9 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 11.6 | 13.2 | 15.5 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 9.1 | 5.7 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 8.2 |
Over 30 years | 7.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 12.1 | 22.7 | 19.1 | 10.6 | 0.6 | 11.2 | 8.6 | 26.3 | 26.4 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 20.0 |
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 | 1,732,122 | 384,222 | 314,832 | 243,703 | 73,493 | 177,492 | 69,215 | 287,224 | 154,370 | 821 | 7,889 | 3,803 | 1,488 | 2,763 | 1,024 | 9,783 |
No. of prior treatment episodes | ||||||||||||||||
None | 47.8 | 53.0 | 43.5 | 25.9 | 45.1 | 38.4 | 50.7 | 61.6 | 51.2 | 56.1 | 44.8 | 60.8 | 49.8 | 46.0 | 58.7 | 73.9 |
1 | 21.3 | 20.5 | 22.4 | 18.0 | 23.7 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 24.6 | 23.2 | 20.3 | 18.7 | 23.8 | 23.0 | 18.6 | 11.9 |
2 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 12.2 | 14.3 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 11.7 | 8.5 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 9.1 | 5.3 |
3 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 9.9 | 6.8 | 8.4 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.4 |
5 or more | 10.0 | 8.9 | 10.8 | 25.3 | 8.0 | 12.8 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 12.7 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 4.8 |
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 | 100.0 |
No. of admissions | 1,415,526 | 314,971 | 226,700 | 182,176 | 66,032 | 137,226 | 52,446 | 237,352 | 149,615 | 757 | 6,804 | 3,200 | 1,342 | 2,292 | 936 | 33,677 |
- - Quantity is zero. | ||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.9.07. |