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Adults Aged 65 or Older in Substance Abuse Treatment, 1995 - 2005

The DASIS Report: Adults Aged 65 or Older in Substance Abuse Treatment, 2005

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 Highlights:

  • Based on SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), the total substance abuse treatment population increased by 10% between 1995 and 2005. At the same time, the number of substance abuse treatment admissions among persons aged 65 or older decreased by 7% from 12,100 to 11,300 admissions.
  • In each year from 1995 to 2005, alcohol was the most frequently reported primary substance of abuse for substance abuse treatment admissions aged 65 or older. However, the proportion of substance abuse treatment admissions aged 65 or older reporting alcohol as their primary substance declined from 84.7% in 1995 to 75.9% in 2005.
  • Between 1995 and 2005, primary opiate admissions increased from 6.6% to 10.6% among adults aged 65 or older.
  • The States with the highest rates of substance abuse treatment admissions aged 65 or older were Colorado (166 admissions per 100,000 population), New York (125 admissions per per 100,000 population), and South Dakota (111 admissions per 100,000 population). States with the lowest rates were Kentucky (35 admissions per 100,000 population), Iowa (36 admissions per 100,000 population), and Washington (37 admissions per 100,000 population).

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Adults Aged 65 or Older in Substance Abuse Treatment, 2005, 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 the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  

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