Table 1.
Demographics of substance use treatment admissions in older adults, TEDS-A 2000–2012
| Characteristic | 2000 (N = 60,112) n (%) |
2004 (N = 69,310) n (%) |
2008 (N = 104,431) n (%) |
2012 (N = 121,015) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender* | ||||
| Male | 48,155(80.4) | 54,320(78.4) | 80,344(76.95) | 91,255(75.54) |
| Female | 11,742(19.6) | 14,963(21.6) | 24,071(23.05) | 29,546(24.46) |
| Race/ethnicity* | ||||
| White non-Hispanic | 35,071(58.34) | 39,219(56.58) | 57,669(55.22) | 67,068(55.42) |
| Black Non-Hispanic | 12,874(21.42) | 16,467(23.76) | 27,630(26.46) | 34,258(28.31) |
| Hispanic | 9835(16.36) | 10,973(15.83) | 14,743(14.12) | 14,371(11.88) |
| Other | 2332(3.88) | 2651(3.2) | 4389(4.20) | 5318(4.39) |
| Marital status* | ||||
| Married | 12,384(20.6) | 14,017(20.22) | 18,673(17.88) | 19,748(16.32) |
| Not married | 47,728(79.4) | 55,293(79.78) | 85,758(82.12) | 101,267(83.68) |
| Education*a | ||||
| Completed high school | 36,545(62.99) | 46,759(70.22) | 75,480(73.98) | 88,641(74.8) |
| Did not complete high school | 21,470(37.01) | 19,829(29.78) | 26,546(26.02) | 29,857(25.2) |
| Employment*b | ||||
| Employed | 12,959(22.97) | 13,999(21.37) | 20,756(20.15) | 18,326(15.55) |
| Not employed | 43,465(77.03) | 51,499(78.63) | 82,261(79.85) | 99,544(84.45) |
| Living arrangement*c | ||||
| Homeless | 6844(14.55) | 9689(16.93) | 17,441(17.48) | 22,344(18.69) |
| Not homeless | 40,201(85.45) | 47,536(83.07) | 82,334(82.52) | 97,238(81.31) |
| Other psychiatric illness*d | ||||
| No | 31,000(83.06) | 31,486(75.59) | 49,887(70.57) | 57,743(67.62) |
| Yes | 6321(16.94) | 10,169(24.41) | 20,805(29.43) | 27,655(32.38) |
*p-value <0.0001; a 2.7% missing; b 3% missing; c 9.75% missing; d 34% missing