›› Nevada: Substance Abuse Statistics

Drug Violation Arrests in Nevada, 2001-2005  Meth Lab Seizures in Nevada, 2001-2005
The following information is regarding drug rehabilitation and substance abuse treatment admissions for the state of Nevada. Statistics are broken down into these catagories: Primary drug of abuse or addiction, age group, & cultural background.

STATE:
NEVADA		 Total Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Cocaine (other route) Mari- juana Heroin Meth
Total No. 10,797 3,122 1,355 1,109 282 1,383 781 2,558
% 100.0 28.9 12.5 10.3 2.6 12.8 7.2 23.7
SEX   66.2 74.7 72.3 64.1 64.2 72.0 64.7 52.8
Male %
Female % 33.8 25.3 27.7 35.9 35.8 28.0 35.3 47.2
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   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 10.0 2.9 12.5 1.0 3.2 41.9 0.6 7.3
18-20 years % 5.3 2.6 6.4 1.5 1.1 12.4 3.2 7.0
21-25 years % 11.1 6.6 10.5 5.1 8.2 14.6 12.2 17.1
26-30 years % 12.4 9.4 10.0 11.8 16.0 10.3 7.4 19.9
31-35 years % 16.1 14.3 16.2 23.4 18.8 8.1 14.6 19.9
36-40 years % 16.6 16.4 17.9 26.6 24.1 6.2 18.4 15.9
41-45 years % 13.4 17.6 14.0 17.9 17.4 4.0 20.5 8.4
46-50 years % 8.3 14.1 7.3 8.5 8.2 1.4 14.3 3.6
51-55 years % 4.1 8.6 3.9 2.9 2.5 0.6 7.2 0.5
56-60 years % 1.6 4.3 0.8 1.3 0.7 0.3 1.2 0.1
61-65 years % 0.7 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0
66 years and over % 0.4 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
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
RACE   70.4 74.8 69.2 33.8 61.3 69.7 71.7 82.6
White %
Black or African- American % 13.1 5.9 13.8 57.3 22.3 11.5 11.5 2.5
American Indian or Alaska Native % 3.1 3.6 5.5 1.4 2.5 3.0 1.2 2.6
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.0 1.9 0.3 2.3
Other % 12.0 14.6 10.6 6.8 13.5 13.8 15.2 9.7
Unknown % 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ETHNICITY   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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


 

 



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