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

Table 3.8
Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to marital status, living arrangements, pregnancy status, and veteran status: TEDS 2003
Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions - Supplemental Data Set.1]
Marital status, living arrangements, pregnancy status, and veteran status 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  1,840,275 426,076 341,200 272,782 50,946 180,810 68,608 284,361 135,716 1,227 7,980 4,121 2,187 4,086 1,167 59,008
Marital status                
Never married  58.6  44.1  58.0  66.0  45.0  55.3  57.2  81.3  49.4  60.3  44.7  44.1  81.3  81.1  76.6  60.6
Divorced  16.8  24.2  18.3  12.3  19.4  18.7  16.5   5.7  21.5  14.5  20.5  19.6   7.1   5.7   9.4  14.9
Married  16.7  22.8  15.3  13.8  26.9  15.5  18.1   9.4  19.3  17.3  23.6  26.3   8.9   9.5  10.5  17.3
Separated   6.3   6.6   7.0   6.0   7.0   8.9   7.0   3.0   8.8   6.8   8.4   7.7   2.2   3.1   2.8   5.8
Widowed   1.6   2.3   1.4   1.9   1.7   1.6   1.2   0.7   1.0   1.1   2.9   2.2   0.5   0.6   0.7   1.4
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  1,422,807 347,031 258,815 197,633 42,151 145,899 58,828 240,428 69,244 997 6,241 3,343 1,823 2,631 1,032 46,711
Living arrangements                
Independent living  66.2  72.7  65.4  64.1  77.3  58.2  70.5  60.3  61.3  65.6  77.6  75.0  63.6  62.6  52.2  73.4
Dependent living  21.0  13.3  18.2  19.1  17.0  23.1  18.7  36.4  28.9  23.2  14.7  19.3  29.5  27.2  36.3  20.8
Homeless  12.8  13.9  16.4  16.8   5.7  18.7  10.8   3.3   9.8  11.1   7.7   5.7   7.0  10.1  11.5   5.8
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  1,316,570 330,488 266,970 188,360 36,220 128,756 47,865 203,983 62,775 925 6,084 2,938 1,625 2,180 934 36,467
Pregnant (female only)                
Yes   3.8   1.6   2.7   3.6   3.5   4.8   4.1   5.5   6.4   4.6   2.4   2.5   5.0   5.7   3.9   2.7
No  96.2  98.4  97.3  96.4  96.5  95.2  95.9  94.5  93.6  95.4  97.6  97.5  95.0  94.3  96.1  97.3
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
No. of female admissions  505,874 92,696 77,554 80,059 20,795 65,772 20,474 65,270 57,621 455 3,405 1,821 524 1,291 283 17,854
Veteran                
Yes   5.7   9.5   5.9   3.7   3.7   6.1   5.3   2.2   3.5   4.6   3.7   3.3   3.0   3.7   1.7   4.1
No  94.3  90.5  94.1  96.3  96.3  93.9  94.7  97.8  96.5  95.4  96.3  96.7  97.0  96.3  98.3  95.9
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  1,072,755 270,532 208,575 137,449 30,512 110,091 44,939 178,761 47,981 863 4,902 2,324 1,354 1,981 802 31,689
1 Supplemental Data Set items are not reported by all States. See Table 4.4 for details.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 4.11.05.