This report presents national-level data from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) for admissions in 2008, and trend data for 1998 to 2008. The report provides information on the demographic and substance abuse characteristics of admissions to treatment aged 12 and older for abuse of alcohol and/or drugs in facilities that report to individual State administrative data systems.
Alcohol admissions declined steadily from 49 percent of admissions aged 12 and older in 1998 to 39 percent in 2005, but then increased steadily to 41 percent in 2008. In 2008, 44 percent of primary alcohol admissions aged 12 and older reported secondary drug abuse as well [Table 1. .
■ Admissions for abuse of alcohol alone represented 23 percent of TEDS admissions aged 12 and older in 2008, while admissions for primary alcohol abuse with secondary drug abuse represented 18 percent [Table 1.1] .
■ Almost three-quarters of admissions for abuse of alcohol alone and for abuse of alcohol with secondary drug abuse were male (73 percent each) [Table 2.1]
■ The average age at admission among alcohol-only admissions was 40 years, compared with 36 years among admissions for primary alcohol with secondary drug abuse [Table 2.1].
■ More than two-thirds (69 percent) of alcohol-only admissions were non-Hispanic White, followed by Hispanics (13 percent) and non-Hispanic Blacks (12 percent). Among admissions for alcohol with secondary drug abuse, 60 percent were non-Hispanic White, followed by 23 percent who were non-Hispanic Black and 11 percent who were Hispanic [Table 2.2].
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