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Table 5
Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to employment status (aged 16 and over) and education (aged 18 and over): TEDS 2005
Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 6a.]
Employment status (aged 16
and over) and education (aged
18 and over)
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 admissions
aged 16 and over
1,787,584 394,575 319,008 254,034 67,408 184,745 70,510 253,570 166,761   922 7,855 4,240 1,960 2,784 1029 58,183
Employment status            
Employed  28.7  42.0  29.8  16.6  28.6  16.1  29.5  30.8  25.0  24.0  20.3  23.1  29.0  23.3  21.4  28.9
Full time  21.3  33.6  22.3  11.9  21.6  11.5  22.6  20.5  17.2  16.5  14.7  17.0  20.5  16.5  14.2  21.1
Part time   7.4   8.3   7.5   4.7   7.0   4.6   6.9  10.2   7.8   7.5   5.5   6.2   8.6   6.8   7.2   7.8
Unemployed  31.7  28.3  29.0  33.3  35.2  38.0  33.0  29.2  35.7  36.6  34.9  29.5  27.3  35.0  39.9  38.8
Not in labor force  39.6  29.7  41.2  50.1  36.2  45.8  37.5  40.1  39.3  39.4  44.8  47.4  43.7  41.7  38.6  32.3
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
Admissions aged 16 and over 1,726,662 382,618 312,057 248,066 65,728 180,169 68,544 249,950 163,321   891 7,641 4,153 1,853 2,722 1007 37,942
           
Total admissions
aged 18 and over
1,700,897 388,648 308,037 252,919 66,537 183,863 68,660 198,744 160,524   861 7,591 4,096 1,713 2,726 894 55,084
Highest school grade completed            
0 to 8   6.7   6.9   5.8   7.6   4.9   6.0   6.6   6.0   7.0   5.7   7.1   4.7   5.3   7.7   6.5  15.1
9 to 11  27.1  18.4  27.4  29.9  20.3  29.4  27.1  37.2  31.5  24.1  22.7  20.2  28.8  41.4  31.3  21.8
12 (or GED)  44.3  45.1  44.3  45.1  44.8  43.9  43.1  42.7  45.5  45.5  42.5  43.1  47.5  40.6  36.9  40.4
More than 12  21.9  29.6  22.6  17.4  30.0  20.8  23.2  14.1  16.0  24.8  27.7  32.1  18.5  10.2  25.2  22.7
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
Admissions aged 18 and over 1,634,455 374,157 299,465 247,760 64,604 179,405 66,830 193,974 154,870   827 7,361 3,983 1,589 2,687 872 36,071
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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