Table 6.2a Detoxification admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to age at admission: TEDS 2005 Column percent distribution and average age at admission |
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[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.] | ||||||||||||||||
Age at admission | All
detox-ification 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 |
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Alcohol only |
With secondary drug |
Heroin | Other opiates |
Smoked cocaine |
Other route |
Metham- phetamine/ amphet- amine |
Other stimu-lants | |||||||||
Age at admission | ||||||||||||||||
Under 15 years | 0.1 | * | 0.1 | * | * | * | 0.1 | 3.6 | 0.4 | - - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | - - | 1.5 | 1.1 |
15 to 19 years | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 28.0 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 25.3 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
15 to 17 years | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 18.5 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 8.4 | - - | 1.5 | 0.9 |
18 to 19 years | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 16.9 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
20 to 24 years | 10.2 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 14.8 | 20.6 | 5.9 | 13.3 | 21.5 | 21.0 | 9.5 | 12.0 | 10.4 | 17.5 | 31.5 | 10.1 | 13.4 |
25 to 29 years | 11.1 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 15.7 | 19.2 | 9.4 | 16.0 | 14.1 | 21.4 | 9.0 | 14.7 | 13.4 | 17.5 | 21.8 | 15.2 | 13.9 |
30 to 34 years | 11.8 | 8.1 | 11.4 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 11.0 | 17.8 | 10.9 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 14.9 | 14.1 |
35 to 39 years | 15.9 | 13.0 | 19.8 | 16.0 | 12.2 | 22.0 | 16.8 | 9.4 | 14.2 | 10.0 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 8.4 | 12.7 | 15.9 | 14.8 |
40 to 44 years | 18.7 | 20.3 | 23.9 | 15.4 | 11.7 | 23.9 | 17.0 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 18.1 | 14.6 | 13.1 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 15.6 |
45 to 49 years | 14.7 | 18.9 | 17.5 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 14.5 | 10.2 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 16.7 | 13.8 | 15.2 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 14.3 | 11.9 |
50 to 54 years | 8.6 | 13.5 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 16.3 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
55 to 59 years | 3.7 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
60 to 64 years | 1.5 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
65 years and over | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | * | * | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | - - | - - | 0.6 | 0.6 |
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 |
No. of admissions | 409,493 | 128,039 | 75,242 | 104,453 | 20,199 | 36,236 | 8,241 | 8,612 | 17,332 | 221 | 2,660 | 888 | 154 | 165 | 328 | 6,723 |
Average age at admission | 38 yrs | 42 yrs | 40 yrs | 36 yrs | 34 yrs | 38 yrs | 35 yrs | 26 yrs | 31 yrs | 41 yrs | 37 yrs | 38 yrs | 29 yrs | 30 yrs | 37 yrs | 36 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 10.3.06. |