Adolescent Treatment Admissions by Gender, 2005Highlights:
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Based on SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), of the 142,600 adolescent admissions aged 12 to 17 in 2005, about 31% (44,600) were female.
- Adolescent female substance abuse treatment admissions were less likely than adolescent male admissions to report marijuana as their primary substance of abuse (51% vs. 72%) and more likely to report alcohol (23% vs. 16%) or stimulants (12% vs. 4%) as their primary substance of abuse.
- Adolescent female substance abuse treatment admissions were more likely than adolescent male substance abuse treatment admissions to have a co-occurring psychiatric and substance abuse disorder (23% vs. 18%).
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