NCJ Number
182089
Date Published
July 1998
Length
103 pages
Annotation
This report provides information on the demographic and drug abuse characteristics of the 1.5 million annual drug treatment admissions during 1992-96 to facilities that report to individual State administrative data systems.
Abstract
The basic data includes 19 items that cover demographic information; primary, secondary, and tertiary drugs and their route of administration, frequency of use, and age at first use; the source of referral to treatment; the number of prior treatment episodes; and the service type, including the planned use of methadone. The supplemental data set consists of 15 items that include psychiatric, social, and economic measures. Alcohol, cocaine, opiates (primarily heroin), and marijuana/hashish account for more than 90 percent of all drug treatment admissions. Alcohol accounted for about half of the admissions in 1996. However, over 40 percent of the alcohol admissions reported secondary drug use as well. The proportion of admissions attributable to primary cocaine use and primary heroin use remained fairly stable between 1992 and 1996. However, the proportion of admissions for primary marijuana use doubled between 1992 and 1996, from 6 percent to 13 percent. Ninety-seven percent of the admissions were between ages 15 and 54 years. The proportion of the treatment admissions that is older increased over the 5-year period. Males represented between 70 and 72 percent of the admissions during 1992-96. White persons amounted to about 60 percent of the admissions, black persons accounted for about 25 percent, Hispanic persons accounted for about 11 percent, and other groups accounted for about 4 percent. The admissions were socio-economically disadvantaged compared to the total population. Figures, tables, and appended methodological information