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<strong>EPIDEMIOLOGIC</strong> TRENDS IN <strong>DRUG</strong> <strong>ABUSE</strong>—New York City<br />

Exhibit 2. Characteristics of Primary Cocaine Admissions 1 to State-Funded 2 and Nonfunded 3 Treatment<br />

Programs in New York City, by Route of Administration and Percent: First Half of 2004<br />

Demographic<br />

Characteristic<br />

Gender<br />

Male<br />

Female<br />

Age at admission<br />

25 and younger<br />

26–35<br />

36 and older<br />

(Average age)<br />

Race<br />

Black<br />

Hispanic<br />

White<br />

Percent Total<br />

(N=8,208)<br />

68<br />

32<br />

6<br />

23<br />

71<br />

(39.3 years)<br />

58<br />

26<br />

14<br />

Percent Smoking<br />

Crack<br />

(n=4,997)<br />

Percent Using<br />

Cocaine Intranasally<br />

(n=2,914)<br />

Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, Vol. II, January 2005 177<br />

63<br />

37<br />

4<br />

20<br />

76<br />

(40.0 years)<br />

68<br />

19<br />

11<br />

75<br />

25<br />

10<br />

27<br />

63<br />

(38.2 years)<br />

No Source of Income 4 31 34 26<br />

Some Criminal Justice Status 42 38 48<br />

Readmissions 77 81 70<br />

Age of First Use<br />

14 and younger<br />

15–19<br />

20–29<br />

30 and older<br />

Secondary Drug of Abuse<br />

Alcohol<br />

Marijuana<br />

Heroin<br />

6<br />

29<br />

43<br />

23<br />

40<br />

21<br />

6<br />

1<br />

Figures on this table may differ somewhat from figures cited on other tables, because computer runs may have been executed at<br />

different times and files are being updated continuously.<br />

2<br />

State-funded programs receive some or all funding through the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services<br />

(OASAS).<br />

3<br />

Nonfunded programs receive funding through sources other than OASAS.<br />

4<br />

Defined as not earning income, not receiving support from family or significant others, and not receiving any public assistance.<br />

SOURCE: New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services<br />

4<br />

24<br />

46<br />

25<br />

42<br />

20<br />

6<br />

43<br />

36<br />

18<br />

8<br />

35<br />

38<br />

19<br />

38<br />

25<br />

5

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