State Substance Abuse Statistics
›› Mississippi: Substance Abuse Statistics
The following information is regarding drug rehabilitation and substance
abuse treatment admissions for the state of Mississippi. Statistics are
broken down
into these catagories: Primary drug of abuse or addiction, age group, & cultural
background.
| STATE:
MISSISSIPPI |
Total | Alcohol only | Alcohol with secondary drug | Cocaine (smoked) | Cocaine (other route) | Mari- juana | Heroin | Meth | |
| Total | No. | 10,065 | 2,321 | 1,867 | 1,760 | 425 | 2,003 | 65 | 522 |
| % | 100.0 | 23.1 | 18.5 | 17.5 | 4.2 | 19.9 | 0.6 | 5.2 | |
| SEX | 68.4 | 72.8 | 74.1 | 56.9 | 64.9 | 79.6 | 61.5 | 58.2 | |
| Male | % | ||||||||
| Female | % | 31.6 | 27.2 | 25.9 | 43.1 | 35.1 | 20.4 | 38.5 | 41.8 |
| 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 | % | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| 18-20 years | % | 1.9 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| 21-25 years | % | 4.0 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 10.8 | 5.6 |
| 26-30 years | % | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 7.7 | 6.1 |
| 31-35 years | % | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 36-40 years | % | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 |
| 41-45 years | % | 3.1 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 6.2 | 1.1 |
| 46-50 years | % | 1.8 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
| 51-55 years | % | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| 56-60 years | % | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 61-65 years | % | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 66 years and over | % | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Unknown | % | 76.0 | 71.8 | 72.3 | 79.9 | 78.8 | 77.7 | 63.1 | 77.4 |
| Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| RACE | 52.5 | 54.0 | 52.9 | 33.5 | 51.5 | 47.5 | 80.0 | 88.1 | |
| White | % | ||||||||
| Black or African- American | % | 39.7 | 35.8 | 38.6 | 61.4 | 40.0 | 45.9 | 15.4 | 2.3 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | % | 6.7 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 8.2 |
| Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | % | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Other | % | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
| 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 |
| ETHNICITY | 6.9 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 8.2 | |
| Hispanic or Latino | % | ||||||||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | % | 93.0 | 91.0 | 92.5 | 95.1 | 91.8 | 93.8 | 96.9 | 91.8 |
| 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 |
