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

Table 3.7
Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to employment status (aged 16 and over) and education (aged 18 and over): TEDS 2003
Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
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		 1,773,477 421,465 334,211 272,081 50,544 180,188 67,798 243,790 133,620 1,166 7,796 3,996 2,062 4,028 831 49,901
Employment status                
Employed  28.6  41.6  28.1  16.8  29.3  17.2  29.7  30.8  23.9  30.1  21.8  25.8  27.2  19.9  17.7  31.7
Full time  21.4  33.3  21.0  12.3  22.7  12.4  23.3  20.6  16.1  22.2  15.9  18.8  18.3  14.3  11.5  24.3
Part time   7.2   8.3   7.1   4.5   6.6   4.7   6.3  10.2   7.8   7.9   6.0   7.0   8.9   5.5   6.3   7.4
Unemployed  31.4  27.8  27.6  37.8  34.2  38.7  32.1  28.2  33.7  30.1  29.7  28.2  28.3  37.0  29.1  29.7
Not in labor force  40.0  30.5  44.2  45.4  36.5  44.2  38.2  41.0  42.4  39.8  48.5  46.0  44.5  43.2  53.2  38.6
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
Admissions aged 16 and over 1,658,278 394,699 314,835 258,282 47,331 168,209 61,786 232,438 127,283 1,083 7,089 3,797 1,933 3,894 767 34,852
               
Total admissions
aged 18 and over		 1,680,592 415,079 321,728 270,822 49,860 179,275 66,318 184,476 128,842 1,070 7,560 3,839 1,754 3,922 656 45,391
Highest school grade completed                
0 to 8   6.7   7.4   5.8   7.6   4.6   5.7   6.9   5.7   6.0   6.5   6.2   4.4   5.3   6.9  13.7  12.7
9 to 11  27.9  19.6  28.7  30.7  19.5  30.0  28.2  38.3  32.4  30.0  24.3  22.8  33.0  43.5  40.5  24.9
12 (or GED)  44.2  45.1  44.2  44.4  44.5  43.7  42.7  42.3  46.4  41.1  41.4  42.1  41.1  39.7  33.3  41.7
More than 12  21.2  27.9  21.2  17.2  31.4  20.5  22.2  13.6  15.2  22.4  28.1  30.7  20.6   9.8  12.6  20.7
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 1,623,370 398,846 313,314 266,081 48,087 174,670 64,490 179,820 125,295 1,032 7,304 3,735 1,692 3,875 637 34,492
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 4.11.05.