›› Rhode Island: Substance Abuse Statistics

Drug Violation Arrests in Rhode Island, 2002-2006  Meth Lab Seizures in Rhode Island, 2002-2006
The following information is regarding drug rehabilitation and substance abuse treatment admissions for the state of Rhode Island. Statistics are broken down into these catagories: Primary drug of abuse or addiction, age group, & cultural background.

STATE:
RHODE ISLAND		 Total Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Cocaine (other route) Mari- juana Heroin Meth
Total No. 13,427 2,386 2,273 1,128 363 1,624 5,040 16
% 100.0 17.8 16.9 8.4 2.7 12.1 37.5 0.1
SEX   69.3 72.8 72.9 45.2 63.4 78.0 70.0 62.5
Male %
Female % 30.7 27.2 27.1 54.8 36.6 22.0 30.0 37.5
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 0.0
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 5.1 1.3 4.4 0.6 1.4 32.0 0.2 6.3
18-20 years % 5.5 3.0 5.1 2.8 6.6 19.8 2.8 31.3
21-25 years % 13.4 6.5 11.0 7.7 10.7 21.4 16.5 18.8
26-30 years % 14.2 8.1 12.4 14.2 20.4 11.0 18.2 12.5
31-35 years % 18.5 13.9 20.4 27.7 22.3 7.5 21.0 18.8
36-40 years % 18.8 23.0 22.5 24.7 20.7 4.3 18.4 12.5
41-45 years % 13.7 20.1 15.1 14.9 11.3 2.4 13.5 0.0
46-50 years % 6.9 12.7 6.8 5.1 3.6 1.4 6.4 0.0
51-55 years % 2.4 6.1 1.5 1.2 1.7 0.2 2.2 0.0
56-60 years % 1.0 3.4 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.0
61-65 years % 0.4 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0
66 years and over % 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
Unknown % 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
RACE   76.7 83.2 79.6 63.4 70.5 67.5 76.7 87.5
White %
Black or African- American % 10.7 8.4 12.6 27.0 17.9 16.3 6.0 12.5
American Indian or Alaska Native % 1.5 1.6 1.1 3.1 1.4 2.4 1.0 0.0
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0
Other % 4.7 2.8 3.5 4.0 5.8 5.6 6.1 0.0
Unknown % 6.2 3.7 3.1 2.1 3.9 7.8 10.0 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ETHNICITY   10.3 5.4 6.2 4.7 9.4 12.3 16.2 0.0
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0
Unknown % 89.6 94.6 93.8 95.3 90.4 87.7 83.7 100.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0


 

 



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