›› South Carolina: Substance Abuse Statistics

   Meth Lab Seizures in South Carolina, 2000-
The following information is regarding drug rehabilitation and substance abuse treatment admissions for the state of South Carolina. Statistics are broken down into these catagories: Primary drug of abuse or addiction, age group, & cultural background.

STATE:
SOUTH CAROLINA		 Total Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Cocaine (other route) Mari- juana Heroin Meth
Total No. 31,558 12,694 4,100 3,295 709 4,726 409 164
% 100.0 40.2 13.0 10.4 2.2 15.0 1.3 0.5
SEX   70.8 80.2 75.1 53.9 66.1 73.8 69.4 59.8
Male %
Female % 28.9 19.6 24.6 45.8 33.3 25.7 30.1 40.2
Unknown % 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
AGE AT ADMISSION   1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 12.4 1.8 6.6 0.7 3.5 34.8 0.2 11.6
18-20 years % 6.1 3.8 6.2 2.2 5.8 16.3 3.4 12.8
21-25 years % 11.3 9.3 13.0 7.8 14.1 19.6 16.4 22.0
26-30 years % 11.9 11.2 13.4 15.8 16.9 10.6 18.1 21.3
31-35 years % 13.3 13.3 15.8 24.2 15.1 7.0 12.7 14.0
36-40 years % 15.1 16.9 19.5 25.1 20.7 5.3 16.9 8.5
41-45 years % 12.7 16.7 14.8 15.6 13.0 3.4 16.6 6.7
46-50 years % 7.6 11.9 7.0 6.2 5.8 1.4 12.5 1.2
51-55 years % 4.1 7.7 2.5 1.6 2.7 0.6 2.4 0.6
56-60 years % 1.9 3.9 0.7 0.3 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.6
61-65 years % 0.9 1.9 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
66 years and over % 0.5 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Unknown % 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
RACE   60.0 67.4 58.6 34.9 48.1 53.8 53.8 94.5
White %
Black or African- American % 37.4 29.2 39.7 63.8 50.1 44.1 43.5 4.3
American Indian or Alaska Native % 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0
Other % 1.4 2.2 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.5 0.6
Unknown % 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ETHNICITY   1.6 2.5 0.9 0.8 1.4 1.0 2.4 0.6
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 98.1 97.3 98.7 98.8 98.0 98.6 97.1 99.4
Unknown % 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0


 

 



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