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1993-2003 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) Report of Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions

Table 5.7a
Heroin admissions by selected route of administration, according to age group and characteristics of first treatment episode: TEDS 1993-2003
Number
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Route of heroin
administration, age group,
and characteristics of first
treatment episode1		 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total heroin admissions 195,865 216,452 227,989 224,366 235,143 247,069 257,508 273,952 278,693 289,056 272,782
Injection
Age group 136,624 148,956 147,424 144,986 146,558 148,992 156,380 161,494 160,058 165,855 154,845
Under 20 years   1,020   1,247   1,705   2,438   3,576   4,636   4,681   4,881   4,724   4,799   4,521
20 to 29 years  24,802  25,125  25,163  26,289  29,256  32,255  35,806  38,597  42,365  46,099  45,497
30 to 39 years  64,241  66,147  61,956  57,975  54,515  51,676  51,816  51,348  49,327  48,456  43,556
40 years and over  46,561  56,437  58,600  58,284  59,211  60,425  64,077  66,668  63,642  66,501  61,271
First treatment episode (%)  19.7  18.2  18.4  18.7  18.3  18.7  19.5  19.4  18.9  20.0  19.5
Avg. years of use for clients in 1st treatment episode 14 yrs 14 yrs 14 yrs 14 yrs 14 yrs 14 yrs 14 yrs 13 yrs 12 yrs 12 yrs 12 yrs
Inhalation
Age group 42,366 48,639 58,476 57,480 63,910 69,324 71,091 80,550 86,168 88,541 85,643
Under 20 years  1,316  1,300  1,734  1,646  2,359  2,581  2,523  2,298  2,180  2,151  2,019
20 to 29 years 16,237 17,467 19,988 17,593 18,233 18,442 17,661 18,123 18,182 17,584 15,782
30 to 39 years 17,774 20,560 24,767 24,930 27,292 28,949 30,088 34,144 35,958 35,412 32,490
40 years and over  7,039  9,312 11,987 13,311 16,026 19,352 20,819 25,985 29,848 33,394 35,352
First treatment episode (%)  37.6  31.4  33.1  29.5  27.8  25.7  24.4  25.8  25.8  25.8  24.7
Avg. years of use for clients in 1st treatment episode 8 yrs 9 yrs 9 yrs 9 yrs 9 yrs 10 yrs 10 yrs 11 yrs 12 yrs 12 yrs 13 yrs
Smoking
Age group 3,101 3,993 4,661 5,133 5,963 6,129 7,077 7,279 6,601 6,624 6,316
Under 20 years   117   174   258   330   366   412   543   514   380   339   337
20 to 29 years   988 1,237 1,472 1,615 1,852 2,007 2,466 2,345 2,045 2,118 1,991
30 to 39 years 1,400 1,718 1,936 1,940 2,205 2,142 2,297 2,387 2,063 2,089 1,905
40 years and over   596   864   995 1,248 1,540 1,568 1,771 2,033 2,113 2,078 2,083
First treatment episode (%)  32.6  28.0  27.8  30.1  29.5  28.5  29.1  29.4  31.3  32.6  31.3
Avg. years of use for clients in 1st treatment episode 9 yrs 8 yrs 9 yrs 8 yrs 8 yrs 8 yrs 8 yrs 11 yrs 11 yrs 11 yrs 12 yrs
1 Route of administration and/or age group were not reported for all admissions.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 4.11.05.