Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse. 2009 Jan 1;18(1):24–42. doi: 10.1080/15470650802541061

TABLE 1.

Demographic, Substance Involvement, and Mental Health Disorder Characteristics of Substance Use Disordered Adolescents (N=223)

Gender
Male 51%
Female 49%
Ethnicity
Caucasian 70.0%
Hispanic 18.3%
African American 5.8%
Asian 3.4%
Other 5.0%
Age 15.8 (1.2)
Grade 8.9 (1.2)
Substance Use Diagnosis
Drug Use Disorder 92%
Alcohol Use Disorder 79%
Alcohol & Drug Use Disorder 72%
Mental Health Diagnosis
Internalizing and Disruptive 72%
Disruptive only 15%
Internalizing only 9%
SUD-only 4%
Drug of Choice
Marijuana 47%
 Stimulants 31%
Alcohol 13%
Other Substance 10%

Note. Values for Age and Grade are sample means (standard deviations).