Substance Abuse Summary
›› Virginia: Substance Abuse Statistics
The following information is regarding drug rehabilitation and substance
abuse treatment admissions for the state of Virginia. Statistics are
broken down
into these catagories: Primary drug of abuse or addiction, age group, & cultural
background.
| STATE:
VIRGINIA |
Total | Alcohol only | Alcohol with secondary drug | Cocaine (smoked) | Cocaine (other route) | Mari- juana | Heroin | Meth | |
| Total | No. | 28,545 | 4,311 | 5,127 | 2,135 | 1,756 | 4,677 | 1,635 | 184 |
| % | 100.0 | 15.1 | 18.0 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 16.4 | 5.7 | 0.6 | |
| SEX | 70.1 | 77.5 | 75.9 | 58.9 | 62.5 | 77.5 | 63.1 | 70.1 | |
| Male | % | ||||||||
| Female | % | 29.7 | 22.2 | 23.7 | 40.8 | 37.4 | 22.4 | 36.6 | 29.9 |
| Unknown | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| AGE AT ADMISSION | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 0-11 years | % | ||||||||
| 12-17 years | % | 7.5 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 18.0 | 0.2 | 4.9 |
| 18-20 years | % | 5.3 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 12.4 | 2.2 | 7.6 |
| 21-25 years | % | 9.3 | 6.1 | 8.9 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 15.0 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
| 26-30 years | % | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 10.0 | 14.7 |
| 31-35 years | % | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 4.6 | 9.8 | 6.5 |
| 36-40 years | % | 9.9 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 18.4 | 17.4 | 3.2 | 10.4 | 7.1 |
| 41-45 years | % | 7.9 | 10.6 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 2.0 | 9.1 | 4.3 |
| 46-50 years | % | 4.5 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 8.1 | 3.3 |
| 51-55 years | % | 1.9 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| 56-60 years | % | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 61-65 years | % | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| 66 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Unknown | % | 35.6 | 35.5 | 37.2 | 33.1 | 34.9 | 37.0 | 36.1 | 40.8 |
| Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| RACE | 59.7 | 66.4 | 65.1 | 33.4 | 36.3 | 54.1 | 43.4 | 92.4 | |
| White | % | ||||||||
| Black or African- American | % | 32.4 | 20.2 | 28.4 | 64.0 | 61.3 | 38.2 | 51.9 | 2.7 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | % | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | % | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| Other | % | 5.6 | 10.6 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Unknown | % | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| ETHNICITY | 6.3 | 14.1 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | |
| Hispanic or Latino | % | ||||||||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | % | 89.6 | 82.3 | 90.7 | 94.6 | 94.2 | 90.0 | 95.5 | 95.1 |
| Unknown | % | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
