Substance Abuse Summary
›› Tennessee: Substance Abuse Statistics
The following information is regarding drug rehabilitation and substance
abuse treatment admissions for the state of Tennessee. Statistics are
broken down
into these catagories: Primary drug of abuse or addiction, age group, & cultural
background.
| STATE:
TENNESSEE |
Total | Alcohol only | Alcohol with secondary drug | Cocaine (smoked) | Cocaine (other route) | Mari- juana | Heroin | Meth | |
| Total | No. | 14,627 | 4,367 | 2,654 | 2,771 | 568 | 1,773 | -- | 325 |
| % | 100.0 | 29.9 | 18.1 | 18.9 | 3.9 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | |
| SEX | 69.0 | 72.2 | 73.9 | 62.0 | 66.2 | 74.7 | -- | 74.8 | |
| Male | % | ||||||||
| Female | % | 31.0 | 27.8 | 26.1 | 38.0 | 33.8 | 25.3 | -- | 25.2 |
| 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 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -- | 0.0 | |
| 0-11 years | % | ||||||||
| 12-17 years | % | 10.1 | 10.4 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 43.7 | -- | 5.5 |
| 18-20 years | % | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 12.1 | -- | 8.9 |
| 21-25 years | % | 12.2 | 8.8 | 12.3 | 8.0 | 17.6 | 15.7 | -- | 23.4 |
| 26-30 years | % | 14.2 | 11.2 | 14.8 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 11.2 | -- | 24.3 |
| 31-35 years | % | 17.1 | 14.0 | 19.3 | 23.4 | 22.2 | 7.6 | -- | 18.8 |
| 36-40 years | % | 18.2 | 18.2 | 22.0 | 25.9 | 18.7 | 5.5 | -- | 15.1 |
| 41-45 years | % | 12.9 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 10.9 | 2.7 | -- | 3.4 |
| 46-50 years | % | 6.4 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 1.2 | -- | 0.3 |
| 51-55 years | % | 2.4 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | -- | 0.3 |
| 56-60 years | % | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 |
| 61-65 years | % | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 |
| 66 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 |
| 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 |
| RACE | 65.5 | 80.9 | 58.1 | 33.5 | 57.6 | 68.0 | -- | 95.7 | |
| White | % | ||||||||
| Black or African- American | % | 27.6 | 10.2 | 37.8 | 64.7 | 32.2 | 24.8 | -- | 0.6 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | -- | 0.3 |
| Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | % | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -- | 0.3 |
| Other | % | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | -- | 0.6 |
| Unknown | % | 5.7 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 5.7 | -- | 2.5 |
| Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -- | 100.0 |
| ETHNICITY | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | -- | 0.0 | |
| Hispanic or Latino | % | ||||||||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | % | 94.0 | 92.1 | 97.4 | 98.6 | 92.1 | 93.7 | -- | 97.5 |
| Unknown | % | 5.7 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 5.7 | -- | 2.5 |
| Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -- | 100.0 |
