SAMHSA: Treatment Episode Data Set 1996

Admissions for primary sedative abuse were responsible for 0.2 percent of TEDS admissions in 1996 (Table 3.2).
Sedative admissions show patterns similar to those for abuse of tranquilizers. They tended to be female (61%), white (83%), and from 30-44 years old (58 percent) (Table 3.1).

Figure 18. Sedatives
Admissions by Sex, Age, and Race/Ethnicity: 1996

The relatively large number of admissions for Puerto Rican males under 20 (N = 50) may be a reporting anomaly (Table 3.3).
Fifty percent of sedative admissions reported daily use (Table 3.5).
Thirty-six percent of sedative admissions reported use of alcohol as a secondary or tertiary substance (Table 3.8).