Substance Abuse Summary
›› Maryland: Substance Abuse Statistics
The following information is regarding drug rehabilitation and substance
abuse treatment admissions for the state of Maryland. Statistics are
broken down
into these catagories: Primary drug of abuse or addiction, age group, & cultural
background.
| STATE:
MARYLAND |
Total | Alcohol only | Alcohol with secondary drug | Cocaine (smoked) | Cocaine (other route) | Mari- juana | Heroin | Meth | |
| Total | No. | 60,671 | 12,692 | 10,968 | 5,947 | 1,658 | 8,705 | 17,633 | -- |
| % | 100.0 | 20.9 | 18.1 | 9.8 | 2.7 | 14.3 | 29.1 | 0.0 | |
| SEX | 67.5 | 76.5 | 74.8 | 55.5 | 66.1 | 80.4 | 56.4 | -- | |
| Male | % | ||||||||
| Female | % | 32.4 | 23.4 | 25.2 | 44.5 | 33.9 | 19.6 | 43.5 | -- |
| Unknown | % | 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 | -- |
| AGE AT ADMISSION | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | |
| 0-11 years | % | ||||||||
| 12-17 years | % | 9.9 | 2.7 | 10.4 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 42.0 | 1.1 | -- |
| 18-20 years | % | 7.3 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 19.2 | 4.8 | -- |
| 21-25 years | % | 11.6 | 10.6 | 13.7 | 6.0 | 10.1 | 16.4 | 10.8 | -- |
| 26-30 years | % | 11.0 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 13.9 | 8.0 | 13.9 | -- |
| 31-35 years | % | 15.3 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 23.1 | 19.3 | 5.2 | 20.2 | -- |
| 36-40 years | % | 17.6 | 17.6 | 18.1 | 28.4 | 20.9 | 4.2 | 20.3 | -- |
| 41-45 years | % | 13.4 | 16.2 | 12.9 | 17.4 | 15.9 | 2.8 | 15.5 | -- |
| 46-50 years | % | 7.6 | 11.2 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 8.7 | -- |
| 51-55 years | % | 3.4 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 3.1 | -- |
| 56-60 years | % | 1.4 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | -- |
| 61-65 years | % | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -- |
| 66 years and over | % | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -- |
| Unknown | % | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -- |
| Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -- |
| RACE | 54.3 | 72.5 | 64.7 | 35.1 | 50.7 | 53.0 | 38.1 | -- | |
| White | % | ||||||||
| Black or African- American | % | 43.0 | 21.7 | 32.9 | 63.8 | 47.3 | 44.4 | 60.7 | -- |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | % | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | -- |
| Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | % | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | -- |
| Other | % | 1.8 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | -- |
| Unknown | % | 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 | -- |
| ETHNICITY | 2.3 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.0 | -- | |
| Hispanic or Latino | % | ||||||||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | % | 97.7 | 94.9 | 98.1 | 99.1 | 98.6 | 97.7 | 99.0 | -- |
| Unknown | % | 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 | -- |
