Substance Abuse Summary
›› New Hampshire: Substance Abuse Statistics
The following information is regarding drug rehabilitation and substance
abuse treatment admissions for the state of New Hampshire. Statistics
are broken down
into these catagories: Primary drug of abuse or addiction, age group, & cultural
background.
| STATE:
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
Total | Alcohol only | Alcohol with secondary drug | Cocaine (smoked) | Cocaine (other route) | Mari- juana | Heroin | Meth | |
| Total | No. | 5,321 | 1,874 | 1,328 | 202 | 123 | 952 | 480 | 16 |
| % | 100.0 | 35.2 | 25.0 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 17.9 | 9.0 | 0.3 | |
| SEX | 70.6 | 70.0 | 73.3 | 58.4 | 65.0 | 78.5 | 65.6 | 56.3 | |
| Male | % | ||||||||
| Female | % | 29.3 | 30.0 | 26.6 | 41.1 | 35.0 | 21.5 | 34.4 | 43.8 |
| Unknown | % | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 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 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 0-11 years | % | ||||||||
| 12-17 years | % | 6.7 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 23.3 | 0.6 | 12.5 |
| 18-20 years | % | 6.9 | 2.3 | 7.7 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 14.2 | 5.4 | 12.5 |
| 21-25 years | % | 9.8 | 4.2 | 12.9 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 11.9 | 19.6 | 31.3 |
| 26-30 years | % | 7.6 | 4.5 | 9.6 | 12.4 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 15.6 | 0.0 |
| 31-35 years | % | 7.4 | 7.2 | 9.7 | 13.9 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| 36-40 years | % | 7.6 | 7.7 | 9.9 | 13.9 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 6.3 |
| 41-45 years | % | 6.0 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| 46-50 years | % | 3.3 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| 51-55 years | % | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 6.3 |
| 56-60 years | % | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 61-65 years | % | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 66 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Unknown | % | 42.4 | 55.3 | 34.3 | 41.1 | 48.8 | 35.1 | 42.9 | 31.3 |
| Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| RACE | 95.2 | 96.7 | 95.6 | 91.6 | 91.9 | 94.4 | 92.1 | 93.8 | |
| White | % | ||||||||
| Black or African- American | % | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | % | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 6.3 |
| Other | % | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Unknown | % | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| ETHNICITY | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Hispanic or Latino | % | ||||||||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | % | 97.2 | 97.9 | 97.7 | 97.0 | 94.3 | 97.5 | 93.5 | 100.0 |
| Unknown | % | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
