Table 2a Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to gender, race/ethnicity, and age at admission: TEDS 2006 Column percent distribution and average age at admission
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 6a.]
Gender, race/ethnicity, and age at admission	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	1,800,717	393,810	320,222	245,984	74,750	178,475	71,660	289,988	155,643	843	8,011	3,866	1,510	2,777	1,034	52,144
Gender
Male	68.2	74.6	73.7	68.3	53.8	58.4	65.0	73.8	54.2	59.8	46.4	42.7	72.7	71.1	67.0	61.3
Female	31.8	25.4	26.3	31.7	46.2	41.6	35.0	26.2	45.8	40.2	53.6	57.3	27.3	28.9	33.0	38.7
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
No. of admissions	1,800,241	393,736	320,166	245,944	74,731	178,440	71,650	289,927	155,550	843	8,008	3,864	1,508	2,777	1,034	52,063
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4	69.3	60.0	51.7	88.3	40.5	53.9	51.5	67.5	57.6	85.9	81.5	65.8	16.3	65.3	65.0
Black (non-Hispanic)	21.3	11.3	23.7	21.6	4.2	48.8	24.8	29.3	3.2	21.8	5.0	6.9	18.4	57.9	6.5	17.7
Hispanic origin	14.0	12.7	10.8	23.7	4.1	7.9	17.9	13.7	19.3	12.7	6.4	8.3	9.4	22.2	17.2	12.7
Mexican	5.8	6.7	3.5	5.4	1.4	2.5	6.7	6.4	14.5	8.8	1.7	4.2	3.1	10.4	10.9	0.9
Puerto Rican	3.8	1.5	3.5	12.7	1.0	2.7	5.6	3.1	0.4	0.8	2.3	1.1	2.6	6.4	1.7	2.0
Cuban	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.5
Other/not specified	3.9	4.1	3.4	4.7	1.4	2.3	4.9	3.9	4.2	2.9	2.0	2.1	3.2	4.9	3.7	9.3
Other	5.3	6.7	5.5	3.1	3.4	2.8	3.4	5.4	10.0	7.8	2.7	3.3	6.4	3.6	10.9	4.6
Alaska Native	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	- -	0.1	0.1	0.1	- -	- -	*
American Indian	2.2	3.9	3.0	0.5	1.5	0.7	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.4	0.8	1.0	1.9	0.6	6.7	2.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.2	3.2	1.6	0.5	0.7	1.6	0.6	0.9	0.7
Other	2.0	1.7	1.7	2.0	1.2	1.4	1.9	2.4	4.2	3.8	1.3	1.6	2.7	2.4	3.3	1.7
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
No. of admissions	1,790,362	391,202	318,635	245,033	74,325	177,813	71,309	288,393	154,916	833	7,977	3,830	1,494	2,758	1,023	50,821
Age at admission
Under 15 years	1.3	0.5	0.7	*	0.1	0.1	0.3	5.0	0.4	8.0	0.7	1.4	1.9	0.2	20.2	6.5
15 to 19 years	10.4	4.5	8.2	2.9	5.0	1.9	7.6	36.1	7.3	16.6	7.9	10.1	28.7	5.9	29.7	12.0
15 to 17 years	6.4	2.2	4.6	0.4	1.5	0.6	3.5	26.0	3.4	12.2	3.7	6.1	17.5	3.0	23.0	7.8
18 to 19 years	4.0	2.3	3.6	2.4	3.5	1.3	4.1	10.1	3.9	4.4	4.3	4.1	11.1	2.9	6.7	4.2
20 to 24 years	14.4	9.8	13.0	14.6	20.7	6.8	14.8	22.0	19.6	11.9	15.7	15.4	25.6	21.7	11.3	14.4
25 to 29 years	14.0	10.3	12.8	15.5	21.3	10.2	17.4	14.5	21.3	12.9	16.4	14.1	18.0	28.7	10.8	14.6
30 to 34 years	11.3	9.7	11.0	12.4	14.0	12.7	14.5	8.0	15.9	9.1	12.3	11.9	10.3	15.9	6.8	11.3
35 to 39 years	13.1	12.6	14.5	14.8	11.5	20.1	15.1	5.8	14.4	12.6	11.8	11.3	5.5	10.8	4.8	11.6
40 to 44 years	13.9	16.2	17.1	14.8	10.3	22.5	14.4	4.3	11.4	10.0	12.4	11.3	4.6	9.1	7.0	11.2
45 to 49 years	11.1	15.6	13.0	12.5	8.7	15.9	9.5	2.6	6.5	10.1	10.9	10.0	2.9	5.6	5.2	8.8
50 to 54 years	6.2	10.6	6.3	7.9	5.2	6.8	4.4	1.2	2.3	4.9	6.8	6.5	1.2	1.4	3.1	5.3
55 to 59 years	2.8	5.8	2.3	3.5	2.2	2.3	1.5	0.4	0.7	2.9	3.2	3.0	1.1	0.5	0.6	2.6
60 to 64 years	1.0	2.6	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.2	1.0	1.1	1.6	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.0
65 years and over	0.6	1.8	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	*	0.1	0.1	0.7	3.4	0.1	*	0.2	0.7
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
No. of admissions	1,798,354	393,440	319,751	245,883	74,622	178,256	71,510	289,402	155,442	842	7,981	3,863	1,489	2,776	1,029	52,068
Average age at admission	34 yrs	39 yrs	35 yrs	36 yrs	33 yrs	38 yrs	33 yrs	24 yrs	31 yrs	31 yrs	34 yrs	35 yrs	25 yrs	30 yrs	25 yrs	32 yrs
*  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 10.9.07.