›› Colorado: Substance Abuse Statistics

Drug Violation Arrests in Colorado, 2001-2005  Meth Lab Seizures in Colorado, 2001-2005

The following information is regarding drug rehabilitation and substance abuse treatment admissions for the state of Colorado. Statistics are broken down into these catagories: Primary drug of abuse or addiction, age group, & cultural background.



STATE:
COLORADO		 Total Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Cocaine (other route) Mari- juana Heroin Meth
Total No. 43,107 29,862 4,007 1,095 808 3,818 1,110 1,511
% 100.0 69.3 9.3 2.5 1.9 8.9 2.6 3.5
SEX   75.6 79.3 72.1 54.0 66.8 75.2 66.7 53.7
Male %
Female % 19.8 15.0 25.0 44.7 31.7 24.7 31.4 44.9
Unknown % 4.6 5.7 2.8 1.4 1.5 0.1 2.0 1.3
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
AGE AT ADMISSION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 4.3 1.0 5.9 1.8 2.4 29.6 0.5 5.0
18-20 years % 5.0 3.6 7.3 4.9 6.6 11.9 5.0 10.1
21-25 years % 10.2 8.8 11.2 9.8 12.9 13.5 15.7 20.7
26-30 years % 10.2 9.3 11.1 17.3 14.2 9.3 13.2 17.9
31-35 years % 12.6 12.0 16.9 21.6 20.4 6.5 13.6 17.5
36-40 years % 17.0 18.0 18.9 22.5 22.9 6.4 13.4 13.6
41-45 years % 16.0 18.2 15.1 14.2 13.4 3.7 14.8 10.1
46-50 years % 11.7 14.2 7.9 5.3 4.7 2.3 15.1 3.1
51-55 years % 6.6 8.6 2.4 1.6 1.4 0.9 5.5 0.8
56-60 years % 2.7 3.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.2 2.3 0.0
61-65 years % 0.9 1.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0
66 years and over % 1.0 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0
Unknown % 1.9 0.3 2.0 0.4 0.5 15.5 0.2 1.3
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
RACE   52.7 49.0 61.9 42.7 55.9 56.3 66.2 81.9
White %
Black or African- American % 7.2 6.7 7.5 27.0 9.2 8.3 7.2 1.0
American Indian or Alaska Native % 6.3 7.9 4.6 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.3
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.4
Other % 28.8 30.2 23.1 26.0 31.4 32.9 22.7 14.2
Unknown % 4.6 5.8 2.8 1.4 1.5 0.1 2.0 1.3
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ETHNICITY   27.0 28.9 21.5 22.6 29.3 28.9 21.4 11.8
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 68.4 65.4 75.7 76.0 69.2 71.0 76.7 86.9
Unknown % 4.6 5.8 2.8 1.4 1.5 0.1 2.0 1.3
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0


 

 



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