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

Table 5.8
Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to additional substance abuse: TEDS 2003
Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
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
Heroin Other
opiates		 Smoked
cocaine		 Other
route		 Metham-
phetamine/
amphet-
amine		 Other
stimu-
lants
Total  1,840,275 767,276 272,782 50,946 180,810 68,608 284,361 135,716 1,227 7,980 4,121 2,187 4,086 1,167 59,008
Average no. of substances
   per admission		   1.7   1.6   1.9   1.9   1.9   2.0   1.8   2.0   1.9   2.0   1.9   2.3   2.1   1.9   1.1
Primary use of substance 100.0  41.7  14.8   2.8   9.8   3.7  15.5   7.4   0.1   0.4   0.2   0.1   0.2   0.1   3.2
Any use of substance n/a   63.7  17.7   5.4  18.5  12.3  35.7  11.4   0.4   2.2   0.9   0.8   0.5   0.2   4.6
Substance in addition to primary substance Percent of admissions reporting abuse of additional substance1
None  45.6  55.5  39.0  41.0  31.2  28.1  36.7  32.9  40.9  33.9  37.8  21.0  28.7  39.8  90.7
Alcohol  22.0     - -  23.7  23.5  51.9  49.2  49.6  37.7  31.2  29.8  28.2  34.0  38.6  37.4   4.0
Marijuana/hashish  20.2  24.6  12.0  18.0  30.3  33.1     - -  41.8  28.3  19.7  20.1  45.5  38.8  34.4   3.2
Smoked cocaine   8.7  12.5  14.5   5.9     - -     - -   5.2   3.5   3.7   6.5   5.8   5.0   8.5   2.8   0.6
Non-smoked cocaine   8.6   8.2  21.2   9.2     - -     - -   7.6   6.4   6.4   7.6   7.1  13.8   7.2   4.8   0.9
Methamphetamine/amphetamine   4.1   3.9   2.6   4.1   2.4   4.6   9.2   0.5   3.6   3.9   6.0  10.3   5.9   4.5   0.7
Other stimulants   0.3   0.4   0.1   0.3   0.2   0.3   0.5   0.3     - -   0.3   0.3   1.1   0.7   0.7   0.1
Heroin   2.9   3.7     - -   7.8   4.7   7.3   1.1   2.2   2.2   7.2   4.2   2.7   2.1   0.9   0.7
Other opiates   2.7   1.9   6.3   2.3   1.8   3.3   2.1   1.9   1.9  16.6  10.7   5.0   0.8   2.1   0.5
Tranquilizers   1.8   1.2   3.5  10.5   0.8   1.5   1.4   1.0   2.4   0.8   4.3   2.4   0.7   0.7   0.6
Hallucinogens   0.7   0.4   0.2   0.4   0.3   1.0   2.0   1.0   1.5   0.7   1.4     - -   1.7   0.9   0.2
Sedatives   0.7   0.5   0.7   3.5   0.4   0.8   0.7   0.6   0.9   2.6   1.0   2.2   0.6   0.3   0.1
PCP   0.3   0.2   0.2   0.1   0.5   0.5   0.8   0.4   0.6   0.3   0.4   1.6     - -   0.5     *
Inhalants   0.1   0.1     *   0.1     *   0.1   0.3   0.1   0.2   0.1   0.2   0.5   0.1     - -     *
Other   1.3   1.3   1.4   1.7   1.2   1.1   1.8   1.3   2.0   2.8   2.0   2.7   1.1   2.4   0.6
1 Percentages sum to more than 100 percent because a person could report more than one additional substance.
n/a  Not applicable.
*  Less than 0.05 percent.
- -  Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 4.11.05.