›› North Carolina: Substance Abuse Statistics

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

STATE:
NORTH CAROLINA		 Total Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Cocaine (other route) Mari- juana Heroin Meth
Total No. 32,999 10,754 6,095 4,669 1,040 6,547 839 185
% 100.0 32.6 18.5 14.1 3.2 19.8 2.5 0.6
SEX   70.0 77.1 72.7 60.1 60.9 71.8 61.4 54.1
Male %
Female % 29.9 22.9 27.3 39.8 39.0 28.2 38.4 45.9
Unknown % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 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 0.0
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 8.5 2.1 3.9 1.0 2.3 30.3 0.7 7.0
18-20 years % 6.2 2.7 5.3 2.5 4.9 15.4 5.1 11.9
21-25 years % 12.2 9.0 12.0 8.0 13.2 19.5 13.7 20.0
26-30 years % 13.0 11.3 13.7 16.0 15.9 12.0 16.2 19.5
31-35 years % 14.9 13.9 16.3 22.6 20.7 8.8 14.8 13.0
36-40 years % 16.4 17.1 20.5 24.1 18.6 6.6 15.1 14.1
41-45 years % 13.0 16.4 15.0 15.4 12.5 4.1 14.2 8.6
46-50 years % 7.7 11.4 7.9 6.7 6.9 1.8 13.5 1.6
51-55 years % 3.7 7.0 2.8 2.3 2.0 0.7 4.5 2.7
56-60 years % 2.0 4.5 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.3 1.4 0.0
61-65 years % 0.8 2.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.5
66 years and over % 0.8 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
Unknown % 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.1 0.7 0.2 1.1
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
RACE   59.2 63.0 60.5 39.9 55.1 56.2 56.9 91.9
White %
Black or African- American % 34.8 27.5 35.2 55.9 40.6 38.4 39.0 4.3
American Indian or Alaska Native % 2.0 1.6 1.9 2.6 2.1 3.1 1.1 1.6
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0
Other % 3.2 6.7 1.8 0.8 1.7 1.5 2.5 2.2
Unknown % 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ETHNICITY   2.9 6.3 1.4 0.6 1.7 1.4 2.1 1.6
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 93.0 89.2 95.6 95.2 94.2 95.2 93.1 95.1
Unknown % 4.1 4.5 3.0 4.2 4.0 3.4 4.8 3.2
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0



 

 



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