›› Kentucky: Substance Abuse Statistics

Drug Violation Arrests in Kentucky, 2002-2006   Meth Lab Seizures in Kentucky, 2002-2006

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



STATE:
KENTUCKY		 Total Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Cocaine (other route) Mari- juana Heroin Meth
Total No. 25,428 5,495 4,214 979 665 3,484 169 454
% 100.0 21.6 16.6 3.9 2.6 13.7 0.7 1.8
SEX   66.9 78.1 73.4 50.9 56.7 72.0 46.2 60.8
Male %
Female % 33.1 21.9 26.6 49.1 43.3 28.0 53.8 39.2
Unknown % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
AGE AT ADMISSION   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 7.3 1.5 5.1 0.0 1.8 20.9 3.0 2.6
18-20 years % 6.5 2.3 7.0 3.3 5.4 13.7 7.1 9.3
21-25 years % 14.0 9.9 14.8 10.1 12.3 23.4 14.2 19.4
26-30 years % 13.6 11.4 15.2 16.1 17.9 14.4 24.3 23.6
31-35 years % 13.3 12.6 15.4 23.3 17.3 10.2 10.1 21.6
36-40 years % 16.1 18.3 18.3 22.8 23.3 9.5 16.0 11.7
41-45 years % 12.7 16.8 13.6 14.8 12.6 4.2 11.2 7.9
46-50 years % 7.7 11.1 6.1 5.2 6.6 2.2 11.8 3.3
51-55 years % 4.4 8.0 2.7 3.1 2.3 0.6 0.6 0.2
56-60 years % 2.3 4.1 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.1 1.2 0.0
61-65 years % 1.1 2.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4
66 years and over % 0.7 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Unknown % 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
RACE   87.1 90.3 86.1 47.3 68.9 83.7 90.5 98.7
White %
Black or African- American % 11.3 7.0 12.9 51.9 30.2 14.7 9.5 0.7
American Indian or Alaska Native % 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.7
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0
Other % 1.2 2.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 1.1 0.0 0.0
Unknown % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ETHNICITY   1.3 2.7 0.8 1.0 0.6 1.0 3.0 1.3
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 94.9 94.0 95.3 98.6 91.9 94.1 92.9 95.8
Unknown % 3.8 3.3 3.9 0.4 7.5 4.9 4.1 2.9
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0


 

 



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