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

Table 3.10
Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to primary source of income and not-in-labor-force (detail): TEDS 2003
Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions - Supplemental Data Set.1]
Primary source of income and not-in-labor-force (detail) 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
Primary source of income                
Wages/salary  33.6  46.2  30.6  19.8  35.1  22.7  35.8  34.9  34.5  38.1  23.9  31.5  31.9  28.3  25.3  32.4
Public assistance   9.0   5.5  11.0  15.8   6.2  11.4   9.2   7.3   6.6   9.3  10.4   7.6   5.7  10.1   6.9   5.6
Disability   4.8   5.3   4.2   4.2   7.1   6.9   4.4   2.9   3.2   6.8   8.4   6.5   3.0   2.6   8.6   9.8
Retirement/pension   0.8   1.8   0.5   0.4   1.0   0.5   0.4   0.4   0.3   0.5   1.3   1.4   0.2   0.2   0.7   1.0
Other  22.3  16.7  23.2  30.4  22.0  18.9  21.7  27.5  21.8  18.9  27.1  29.1  30.0  26.7  27.1  17.3
None  29.4  24.6  30.7  29.3  28.6  39.5  28.4  27.0  33.5  26.3  28.9  23.9  29.2  32.2  31.4  34.0
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  1,061,683 266,078 213,041 126,115 30,030 115,271 43,808 174,997 43,573 818 5,430 2,589 1,348 1,917 764 35,904
Not-in-labor-force (detail)                
Student  24.6  12.7  17.9   6.5   8.8   3.1  10.7  58.8  11.3  33.2  11.8  16.3  39.7  12.1  48.1  47.3
Disabled  22.9  33.1  26.6  31.2  36.4  26.6  21.3   7.3  13.6  21.4  40.1  29.2  11.9   8.0  11.8  25.4
Inmate of institution   8.6   5.0   8.5  13.4   6.8  11.5  14.3   7.4  13.0  10.9   5.1   4.5  14.5  22.2   4.1   6.1
Homemaker   3.5   4.3   2.6   2.7   8.3   2.9   4.7   1.9   5.1   5.5   9.4   7.0   1.8   3.6   2.2   6.5
Retired   2.8  10.2   1.4   1.5   2.2   0.9   1.0   0.3   0.3   1.4   3.9   3.3   0.4   0.1   0.9   2.3
Other  37.6  34.6  43.1  44.7  37.5  54.9  48.1  24.2  56.6  27.7  29.7  39.8  31.7  53.9  32.9  12.3
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 admissions  288,469 56,079 55,347 24,229 8,700 27,954 9,940 67,978 19,752 220 1,706 953 511 675 459 13,966
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.