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DRUG TREATMENT
Table 31. Estimated Number of Persons Age 12 or Older Who Needed and Received Treatment for an Illicit Drug Problem in the Past Year, by Demographic Characteristics, 2000 (Thousands)
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Demographic characteristics
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Needed treatment for an illicit drug
problem in the past year
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Received treatment at a specialty
facility among persons who needed treatment (%)
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Total
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Received treatment at a specialty
facility
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Did not receive treatment at a specialty
facility
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Totals
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4,655
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774
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3,881
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16.6
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Age
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12�17
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1,074
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122
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951
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11.4
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18�25
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1,645
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142
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1,503
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8.6
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26 and
older
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1,937
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510
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1,427
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26.3
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Sex
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Male
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2,749
|
411
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2,337
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15.0
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Female
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1,907
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363
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1,544
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19.0
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Hispanic origin/race
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Not
Hispanic:
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White
Only
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3,235
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577
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2,659
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17.8
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Black
|
632
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118
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514
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*
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American
Indian/
or Alaska Native
only
|
46
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4
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42
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*
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Native
Hawaiian
or other Pacific Islander
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10
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3
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7
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*
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Asian
only
|
54
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1
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54
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*
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More
than one race
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103
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21
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82
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*
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Hispanic
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574
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51
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523
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9.0
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*Low precision; no estimate reported.
Notes: Respondents were classified as needing treatment for an illicit drug problem if they met at least one of three
criteria during the past year: (1) dependence on any illicit drug; (2) abuse of any illicit drug; or (3) received treatment for
an illicit drug problem at a specialty facility (i.e., drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities [inpatient or outpatient], hospitals [inpatient only], and mental health centers). Illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), inhalants, hallucinogens, heroin, and prescription-type psychotherapeutic (nonmedical use).
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Closing the Drug Abuse Treatment Gap: A Report to the President
of the United States (September 2001).
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