Table 7_2

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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 7_2_2.1
People age 12 and over treated for substance abuse who completed treatment course, United States, 2002 and 2005
Population group		2005		2002
Population group		Number of discharges	Percent	Number of discharges	Percent
Total		1,476,115	45.0	861,642	40.9
Age	12–19	169,026	41.3	116,178	39.4
	20–39	772,218	42.7	472,097	38.9
	40 and over	534,871	49.4	273,367	45.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	217,807	46.0	83,265	40.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	829,689	46.7	518,555	43.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	340,649	40.4	214,175	34.7
Gender	Male	1,008,546	47.1	588,399	43.4
Gender	Female	467,365	40.4	273,216	35.5
Education, age 18 and over	Less than high school	562,591	41.0	334,550	36.6
	High school graduate	583,124	46.3	336,387	42.6
	At least some college	291,859	50.0	159,078	46.2

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set discharge data set; discharges reported through April 28, 2008.