Drug Treatment - Characteristics Of Those Admitted

TEDS data from 1992 to 2002 on admissions by sex, race/ethnicity, and age are presented in Table 8.3 and Table 8.1.

Gender

Males represented the majority of those admitted for drug/alcohol treatment, although the proportion of men dropped slightly between 1992 and 2002 (from 71.5 to 69.9%) and that of women increased (from 28.1 to 30.1%). These results in 2002 and data from SAMHSA's household survey of drug use suggest that men abuse drugs more than women. According to SAMHSA, 10% of males were past-month users in 2003, compared to 6% of women.

TABLE 8.2
Clients in substance abuse treatment, as of March 31, 2003

	Number
		Type of care offered
			Outpatient
									Residential				Hospital inpatient
State or jurisdiction*	Total	Total outpatient	Regular	Intensive	Day treatment or partial hospitalization	Detox	Methadone or LAAM maintenance	Total residential	Short-term	Long-term	Detox	Total hospital inpatient	Treatment	Detox
Total	1,092,546	968,719	587,975	128,127	27,728	11,770	213,119	108,592	22,926	76,605	9,061	15,235	8,168	7,067
Alabama	10,749	9,630	1,435	3,608	227	228	4,132	991	304	599	88	128	92	36
Alaska	3,265	2,776	2,002	542	100	42	90	486	104	317	65	3	2	1
Arizona	23,594	21,679	13,024	3,093	364	533	4,665	1,694	380	1,133	181	221	157	34
Arkansas	3,357	2,575	1,821	324	80	33	317	731	450	230	51	51	19	32
California	150,140	128,605	75,643	19,365	4,680	2,434	26,483	20,686	1,985	15,935	2,766	849	541	308
Colorado	31,095	29,420	25,381	1,843	169	115	1,912	1,569	255	1,091	223	106	54	52
Connecticut	20,979	18,342	7,997	1,425	618	280	8,028	2,256	529	1,573	154	381	192	189
Delaware	4,853	4,628	2,596	423	86	—	1,523	209	32	152	25	16	6	10
District of Columbia	5,152	4,488	1,381	673	244	31	2,159	523	47	390	86	141	123	18
Fed. of Micronesia	238	235	232	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	3
Florida	43,032	36,582	23,699	3,023	1,673	653	7,534	5,441	680	4,319	442	1,009	682	327
Georgia	15,483	13,151	6,748	1,522	1,323	159	3,399	1,829	277	1,388	164	503	230	273
Guam	135	135	14	121	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hawaii	3,711	3,166	1,449	943	170	59	545	393	38	340	15	152	110	42
Idaho	3,344	3,116	2,435	600	71	10	—	197	74	110	13	31	12	19
Illinois	46,204	42,237	23,259	5,120	931	251	12,676	3,609	722	2,644	243	358	135	223
Indiana	22,739	21,483	12,938	5,598	777	297	1,873	1,024	360	613	51	232	94	138
Lowa	7,311	6,644	5,175	990	183	31	265	617	199	407	11	50	17	33
Kansas	9,332	8,487	6,581	1,096	76	7	727	812	417	340	55	33	7	26
Kentucky	21,323	20,065	17,271	1,354	133	77	1,230	1,105	239	735	131	153	97	56
Louisiana	12,714	11,065	6,079	1,486	154	68	3,278	1,351	293	909	149	298	186	112
Maine	7,063	6,587	4,839	251	84	18	1,395	349	34	315	—	127	59	68
Maryland	35,837	33,286	18,154	3,311	281	616	10,924	2,417	865	1,357	195	134	84	50
Massachusetts	37,369	33,151	20,961	1,347	475	930	9,438	3,544	757	2,365	422	674	200	474
Michigan	45,733	42,366	32,640	2,879	391	233	6,223	3,196	502	2,129	265	171	98	73
Minnesota	8,741	6,037	1,615	2,245	396	30	1,751	2,504	872	1,475	157	200	144	56
Mississippi	6,756	5,281	4,397	664	218	2	—	1,173	180	951	42	302	121	181
Missouri	17,117	15,234	8,822	3,818	779	189	1,626	1,798	1,054	644	100	85	42	43
Montana	2,593	2,349	1,888	429	26	2	4	212	56	149	7	32	19	13
Nebraska	4,573	3,879	3,081	541	46	30	181	634	216	378	40	60	58	2
Nevada	7,376	6,797	3,957	814	42	75	1,909	513	130	308	75	66	25	41
New Hampshire	2,913	2,592	2,146	66	2	147	231	277	64	155	58	44	15	29
New Jersey	31,797	28,498	10,623	4,646	1,179	1,343	10,707	2,661	349	2,265	47	638	427	211
New Mexico	10,877	9,953	6,982	1,078	20	77	1,796	838	167	411	260	86	72	14
New York	128,904	113,498	53,657	14,225	5,520	361	39,735	12,722	2,520	9,578	624	2,684	1,373	1,311
North Carolina	28,870	27,052	19,323	2,915	379	241	4,194	1,494	421	935	138	324	184	140
North Dakota	1,619	1,365	705	315	327	18	—	207	78	123	6	47	44	3
Ohio	34,408	31,063	21,960	5,012	543	180	3,368	2,719	601	2,030	88	626	448	178
Oklahoma	9,373	8,080	6,604	775	144	12	545	1,225	253	873	99	68	14	54
Oregon	19,451	18,417	11,459	4,274	114	109	2,461	998	235	668	95	36	25	11
Palau	48	48	48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

TABLE 8.2
Clients in substance abuse treatment, as of March 31, 2003 [CONTINUED]
SOURCE: "Type of Care: Clients in Treatment on March 31, 2003," in National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2003, Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, September 2004, http://www.dasis.samhsa.gov/03nssats/nssats_rpt_03.pdf (accessed March 31, 2005)

	Number
		Type of care offered
			Outpatient
									Residential				Hospital inpatient
State or jurisdiction*	Total	Total outpatient	Regular	Intensive	Day treatment or partial hospitalization	Detox	Methadone or LAAM maintenance	Total residential	Short-term	Long-term	Detox	Total hospital inpatient	Treatment	Detox
Pennsylvania	37,928	32,625	18,637	4,763	915	515	7,795	4,841	1,755	2,801	285	462	300	162
Puerto Rico	12,869	7,889	3,269	468	157	301	3,694	4,698	132	4,240	326	282	177	105
Rhode Island	6,355	6,001	2,552	68	84	200	3,097	318	9	288	21	36	9	27
South Carolina	12,646	11,897	9,206	1,164	118	91	1,318	331	123	160	48	418	187	231
South Dakota	2,083	1,489	1,017	414	58	—	—	545	151	343	51	49	48	1
Tennessee	11,527	9,788	5,433	1,242	219	74	2,820	1,377	536	777	64	362	218	144
Texas	35,046	28,357	14,567	4,419	855	185	8,331	5,761	1,652	3,899	210	928	551	377
Utah	9,812	8,663	5,968	1,053	476	101	1,065	1,093	55	973	65	56	26	30
Vermont	2,947	2,804	2,485	182	32	5	100	114	61	37	16	29	14	15
Virgin Islands	157	129	74	37	—	—	18	28	—	28	—	—	—	—
Virginia	20,521	19,287	13,695	1,839	897	196	2,660	1,056	338	580	138	178	90	88
Washington	33,946	32,110	21,568	6,923	338	49	3,232	1,646	682	865	99	190	126	64
West Virginia	4,831	4,375	3,309	325	61	102	578	399	141	226	32	57	9	48
Wisconsin	18,140	16,017	12,364	2,113	435	18	1,087	1,077	153	859	65	1,046	188	858
Wyoming	3,570	3,246	2,816	363	55	12	—	304	99	195	10	20	17	3
*Facilities operated by federal agencies are included in the states in which the facilities are located.
—Quantity is zero.

FIGURE 8.2
Where persons aged 12 and over receive treatment, 2002 and 2003
SOURCE: "Figure 7.6. Locations Where Past Year Substance Treatment Was Received among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2002 and 2003," in Results from the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, September 2004, http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nhsda/2k3nsduh/2k3ResultsW.pdf (accessed February 10, 2005)

Race/Ethnicity

The largest percentage admitted to treatment were non-Hispanic whites in 2002 (58.9%) followed by non-Hispanic African-Americans (24%). Compared to data from 1992, both whites and African-Americans were proportionately fewer in 2002, whites dropping by 1.3 percentage points, African-Americans dropping by 2.2 percentage points. The largest increase was for Hispanics, whose representation in the treatment population rose from 9.9% in 1992 to 12.7% in 2002. American Indians/Alaska Natives dropped in share of those treated from 2.5% to 2.1% in the 1992-2002 period. Asians/Pacific Islanders increased by 0.4%, but remained less than 1% of the total admissions.

Age

In 1992 the age group with the largest number receiving treatment was aged twenty-five to thirty-four (nearly FIGURE 8.3
Substances for which people aged 12 or older received treatment, 2003
SOURCE: "Figure 7.7. Substances for Which Persons Aged 12 or Older Received Treatment in the Past Year: 2003," in Results from the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, September 2004, http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nhsda/2k3nsduh/2k3ResultsW.pdf (accessed February 10, 2005) 40% of total) followed by those aged thirty-five to forty-four (26.2%). Ten years later, these two groups were still the majority, but the older group represented 31.1% of all those seeking treatment and the younger 25.1%. Those sixty-five and older were least represented (not including those under twelve), accounting for 0.9% in 1992 and 0.6% in 2002.