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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010 Jun;19(6):627–637. doi: 10.1002/pds.1939

Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients in Substance Abuse Treatment by New Mexico 3-digit ZIP Code

870 871* 873* 874 875 877 878 879 880* 881* 882 883 884
Age
 18 to 24 years 23.5 18.7 21.8 23.6 19.0 21.2 21.9 24.6 23.3 19.3 21.0 22.6 13.8
 25 to 44 years 54.6 55.9 57.2 61.6 52.9 50.9 60.0 47.3 55.4 49.2 54.3 47.6 54.2
 45+ years 20.2 30.0 20.6 14.8 27.5 27.9 17.1 27.5 21.2 28.9 23.8 29.7 31.6
Gender
 Male 63.6 60.5 69.1 65.0 64.6 66.9 74.3 59.3 66.8 49.3 53.0 53.4 54.8
 Female 36.4 39.5 30.9 34.7 35.4 33.1 25.7 40.7 33.2 50.7 47.0 46.6 45.0
Race/Ethnicity
 White 20.7 31.3 14.2 37.8 24.4 17.5 30.5 58.7 26.9 46.8 53.0 55.7 48.4
 Black 1.1 5.2 1.2 1.7 1.5 0.8 0.0 1.2 3.7 8.5 3.5 5.2 1.3
 Mexican 28.0 34.4 14.2 14.6 40.0 61.7 46.7 29.9 54.2 32.2 37.9 27.4 34.0
 Other Hispanic/Latino 4.8 8.5 2.1 2.8 12.0 5.6 2.9 3.6 4.3 2.6 2.0 4.3 4.2
 American Indian 33.2 8.3 62.6 41.4 6.3 1.3 14.3 0.6 1.2 2.2 1.7 4.1 1.5
 Other 12.3 12.3 5.5 1.7 15.7 13.1 5.7 6.0 9.6 7.6 1.9 3.4 10.6
Insurer
 Medicaid/Medicare 8.3 35.7 12.1 5.8 12.9 21.9 63.6 12.2 8.2 22.0 24.5 20.0 32.9
 Private Insurance 0.7 1.3 1.6 0.3 1.2 1.3 0.0 2.4 0.7 3.4 1.6 6.4 4.7
 Self-pay 7.3 9.3 7.3 58.6 46.1 9.6 18.2 0.0 8.2 31.0 36.5 48.7 37.6
 Uninsured 28.6 13.1 15.3 0.3 13.9 20.6 4.5 12.2 43.5 1.1 10.7 3.0 10.6
 Commercial Payer 1.4 3.8 8.1 1.6 6.0 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.4 6.1 11.0 10.6
 Other 53.7 36.8 55.6 33.3 19.9 41.2 13.6 73.2 39.0 41.0 20.6 11.0 3.5
AdmissionsPrompted By Criminal Justice System 62.0 43.1 54.4 51.1 48.9 45.8 72.4 58.7 58.1 25.2 35.1 223.0 39.2
Heroin Use in Past 30 Days 4.5 10.0 0.4 0.9 3.6 2.5 4.8 0.6 2.2 0.7 2.9 0.7 1.2
Cocaine Use in Past 30 Days 7.3 12.2 8.9 4.5 14.7 15.4 7.6 3.0 13.6 7.9 6.8 4.4 4.8
Alcohol to Intoxication in Past 30 Days 23.5 23.4 29.8 32.2 31.0 36.9 30.5 24.6 31.2 24.4 29.7 21.8 25.3
Inhalant Use in Past 30 Days 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.2

Total No. Patients 1499 6537 563 646 4214 520 105 167 3060 2203 2379 2077 482

Data presented as percent of all patients in treatment in specified New Mexico 3-digit ZIP code

*

= 3-digit ZIP codes where product-specific clusters of abuse observed after availability adjustment