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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 2005
Percent distribution
[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
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
Frequency of use                
No use in the past month  27.3  26.4  26.9  14.1  19.9  24.9  33.0  35.4  38.9  31.6  20.3  28.6  52.2  46.4  31.9  35.1
1-3 times in the past month  11.9  15.0  12.4   2.9   4.8  10.7  14.6  16.6  13.0  12.1   8.0   8.9  11.5  13.2  16.3   8.2
1-2 times per week   8.8  12.1   9.7   2.2   3.4   9.2  11.1  10.1   8.5   9.1   4.8   6.2   7.0   8.2   7.5   6.5
3-6 times per week  11.4  12.6  12.2   5.7   8.6  15.0  14.3  11.8  11.7  14.4   9.1  11.5   9.5  10.5  13.2   8.8
Daily  40.5  33.9  38.7  75.2  63.3  40.2  27.0  26.1  27.9  32.7  57.8  44.8  19.8  21.6  31.1  41.4
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  1,760,677 383,852 319,096 252,850 67,302 182,808 69,825 288,426 167,845   963 7,920 4,312 2,023 2,774 1,352  9,329
Route of administration                
Oral  44.3  99.3  99.5   1.2  71.8      - -   5.0   2.0   4.6  53.6  93.0  89.7  59.2   6.3   4.0  53.3
Smoking  33.5   0.4   0.3   2.2   1.9 100.0      - -  96.9  62.9  32.4   3.0   2.8  29.8  89.4   5.5  17.5
Inhalation  11.9   0.1   0.1  32.9  13.1      - -  80.6   0.8  12.4   6.8   2.6   3.1   4.2   2.7  87.6   6.2
Injection   9.8   0.1   0.1  63.0  12.2      - -  11.4   0.1  18.9   6.8   1.1   3.8   6.0   1.0   1.5   3.1
Other   0.5   0.1   0.1   0.7   0.9      - -   3.1   0.2   1.2   0.4   0.3   0.6   0.7   0.6   1.3  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  1,751,849 379,783 313,783 252,332 67,312 185,236 67,748 289,996 167,024   970 7,907 4,315 2,025 2,752 1,368  9,298
Age at first use                
12 years or under  13.4  13.9  23.4   3.2   2.8   3.2   4.0  24.9   5.0  14.4   4.7   4.8   9.7   6.1  22.2  19.0
13 to 14 years  16.3  16.2  24.1   6.6   4.5   4.9   7.2  30.8  11.3  15.2   7.4   7.8  17.8  14.1  27.3  10.2
15 to 16 years  21.3  27.5  27.6  13.3  10.2   9.8  15.3  25.3  18.1  19.3  13.3  12.8  26.5  21.1  20.2  15.3
17 to 18 years  16.4  22.5  14.3  17.7  12.7  13.3  18.8  11.4  17.4  14.3  10.8  11.7  18.2  22.6   9.6  11.7
19 to 20 years   8.2   7.8   4.3  13.8  11.7  11.3  13.0   3.4  10.9  10.2   9.6   9.4   9.2  12.1   6.0   7.4
21 to 25 years  11.5   8.3   4.2  20.5  20.5  23.0  20.8   2.9  16.7  10.3  15.3  15.7   9.9  14.7   4.8  12.7
26 to 30 years   5.8   1.8   1.1  11.9  13.7  15.7  10.5   0.8   9.3   6.4  11.9  11.6   3.9   5.6   3.8   7.4
Over 30 years   7.0   2.0   1.0  13.0  23.9  18.9  10.4   0.6  11.3  10.0  27.1  26.2   4.9   3.7   6.0  16.4
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  1,583,637 370,734 299,937 223,801 63,553 168,544 64,530 263,144 103,073   862 7,608 3,956 1,833 2,063   996  9,003
No. of prior treatment episodes                
None  46.2  51.4  42.0  25.5  43.6  37.3  45.8  59.6  52.5  50.6  43.5  56.4  50.2  44.8  57.9  71.8
1  22.1  21.3  22.7  18.9  24.0  22.1  23.6  23.6  24.9  22.3  23.0  19.7  24.8  23.7  19.1  13.2
2  11.6  10.3  12.8  14.6  13.1  14.0  12.8   8.9  11.2  12.8  12.2   9.7  11.4  13.8   9.7   5.3
3   6.5   5.5   7.4  10.0   7.3   8.8   6.9   3.5   5.3   5.0   6.6   5.4   6.1   7.1   4.8   2.7
4   3.7   3.0   4.2   6.7   3.8   5.1   3.7   1.5   2.4   2.3   3.4   2.5   2.8   3.6   2.6   1.4
5 or more   9.9   8.5  10.9  24.3   8.2  12.6   7.2   2.8   3.7   7.0  11.3   6.2   4.7   7.0   6.0   5.6
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  1,423,672 305,806 230,042 196,650 57,180 146,775 55,524 237,796 146,959   813 6,415 3,530 1,669 2,466 1,206 30,841
- -  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.

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