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Friday, November 9, 2007

The DASIS Report: Older Adults in Substance Abuse Treatment, 2005

Highlights:

  • Substance abuse treatment admissions aged 50 or older accounted for about 184,400 (10%) of the 1.8 million substance abuse treatment admissions reported to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 2005.
  • Alcohol was the most frequently reported primary substance of abuse for all substance abuse treatment admissions aged 50 or older. However, the highest proportions of substance abuse treatment admissions reporting alcohol as their primary substance were among those aged 65 to 69 (76%) and aged 70 or older (76%).
  • Substance abuse treatment admissions aged 50 to 64 had more extensive substance abuse treatment histories than admissions aged 65 or older.
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