›› Utah: Substance Abuse Statistics

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

STATE:
UTAH		 Total Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Cocaine (other route) Mari- juana Heroin Meth
Total No. 16,727 4,268 2,805 708 537 2,981 1,308 3,195
% 100.0 25.5 16.8 4.2 3.2 17.8 7.8 19.1
SEX   68.3 79.0 75.2 56.9 66.9 73.6 62.9 51.6
Male %
Female % 31.7 21.0 24.8 43.1 33.1 26.4 37.1 48.4
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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 13.1 5.3 12.5 4.0 2.6 47.6 0.2 2.7
18-20 years % 8.1 6.5 7.4 4.2 4.7 14.9 3.7 8.2
21-25 years % 12.9 7.5 12.0 11.0 11.2 13.6 12.1 20.9
26-30 years % 12.6 8.9 10.2 15.4 14.5 8.4 13.6 21.5
31-35 years % 13.2 10.3 11.2 19.8 18.6 5.3 20.0 20.7
36-40 years % 14.9 16.0 17.6 27.0 23.3 4.7 18.5 14.0
41-45 years % 11.3 15.8 15.0 10.0 13.6 3.3 15.2 7.9
46-50 years % 7.5 14.9 7.6 5.4 6.7 1.3 11.2 2.3
51-55 years % 2.9 6.6 2.7 2.0 2.0 0.4 4.7 0.5
56-60 years % 1.8 4.8 1.7 0.3 1.5 0.1 0.5 0.3
61-65 years % 0.8 2.1 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.1
66 years and over % 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Unknown % 0.7 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.9
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
RACE   80.5 72.1 80.6 57.5 74.5 83.7 82.4 92.0
White %
Black or African- American % 3.9 3.8 4.1 26.1 5.4 2.6 3.6 0.9
American Indian or Alaska Native % 5.2 11.2 6.3 2.0 2.2 3.1 1.4 1.5
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.9 0.8 0.7
Other % 7.3 9.8 5.9 9.5 14.0 6.7 10.2 3.6
Unknown % 1.9 2.0 1.8 3.5 2.8 2.0 1.7 1.3
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ETHNICITY   11.2 12.2 10.6 13.8 20.1 12.7 14.1 6.5
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 83.8 82.2 85.2 82.3 76.4 81.1 83.3 89.9
Unknown % 5.1 5.6 4.2 3.8 3.5 6.2 2.6 3.5
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0


 

 



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