›› Washington: Substance Abuse Statistics

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

STATE:
WASHINGTON		 Total Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Cocaine (other route) Mari- juana Heroin Meth
Total No. 50,963 10,646 13,210 2,795 1,179 8,640 5,471 7,387
% 100.0 20.9 25.9 5.5 2.3 17.0 10.7 14.5
SEX   64.1 75.1 68.9 50.0 55.8 69.4 61.0 45.8
Male %
Female % 35.9 24.9 31.1 50.0 44.2 30.6 39.0 54.2
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
AGE AT ADMISSION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 12.5 1.8 8.3 2.5 5.3 46.9 0.7 8.7
18-20 years % 5.3 1.8 5.0 2.7 3.9 11.0 2.0 7.3
21-25 years % 10.1 6.2 9.9 6.4 8.5 11.0 8.3 18.0
26-30 years % 10.0 7.6 9.6 9.8 9.9 6.7 11.5 16.8
31-35 years % 13.0 11.6 13.4 20.8 19.3 6.6 12.8 17.9
36-40 years % 14.4 15.7 17.0 23.1 21.2 4.7 16.5 13.3
41-45 years % 12.5 17.8 14.5 17.2 13.8 3.1 17.5 6.9
46-50 years % 8.5 14.5 9.1 8.0 7.6 1.4 15.7 2.3
51-55 years % 3.9 8.4 3.9 1.9 1.7 0.6 6.2 0.7
56-60 years % 1.5 4.4 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.1 1.5 0.1
61-65 years % 0.6 2.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
66 years and over % 0.4 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
Unknown % 7.4 6.6 7.6 7.0 8.2 7.8 6.7 8.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
RACE   71.8 67.7 69.9 47.4 65.6 68.4 78.4 88.0
White %
Black or African- American % 8.2 4.2 8.3 35.7 13.1 9.0 9.3 1.3
American Indian or Alaska Native % 7.8 10.1 10.5 6.8 6.7 7.4 3.5 4.0
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 2.0 2.6 1.6 2.4 1.4 3.1 1.3 1.6
Other % 9.3 14.5 8.8 7.1 11.4 10.6 6.9 4.4
Unknown % 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.6 1.7 1.5 0.6 0.8
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ETHNICITY   9.1 14.1 8.5 6.2 10.3 11.4 6.7 4.1
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 87.9 83.0 88.4 91.6 85.9 84.8 91.8 92.8
Unknown % 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.2 3.8 3.8 1.5 3.1
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0


 

 



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