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Thursday, February 8, 2007

DASIS Report - Primary Alcohol Admissions Aged 21 or Older: Alcohol Only vs. Alcohol plus a Secondary Drug: 2005

February 2, 2007
Primary Alcohol Admissions Aged 21 or Older: Alcohol Only vs. Alcohol plus a Secondary Drug: 2005


In Brief


Admissions aged 21 or older in 2005 that were for alcohol only were more likely than admissions for alcohol plus a secondary drug to be White (68 vs. 58 percent) -->

  • Admissions aged 21 or older for alcohol only were more likely than admissions for alcohol plus a secondary drug to have been referred to treatment by the criminal justice system (41 vs. 33 percent) -->


  • Among admissions aged 21 or older, admissions for alcohol only were more likely than admissions for alcohol plus a secondary drug to be first-time admissions (50 vs. 39 percent)

    • The National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that about 18.7 million Americans were dependent on or abused alcohol in 2005. Of these, 3.3 million were dependent on or abused an illicit drug. Some of these people enter treatment, and their admissions can be monitored with the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), an annual compilation of data on the 1.8 million annual admissions to substance abuse treatment facilities, primarily those that receive some public funding. TEDS records represent admissions rather than individuals, as a person may be admitted to treatment more than once during a single year.

    In 2005, over one third of all TEDS admissions (36 percent) were both aged 21 or older and reported alcohol as the primary substance of abuse. This report examines these admissions, comparing about 374,000 admissions (56 percent) where alcohol was the only substance of abuse (alcohol only) with about 289,000 admissions (44 percent) that reported alcohol plus a secondary drug.
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