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<strong>EPIDEMIOLOGIC</strong> TRENDS IN <strong>DRUG</strong> <strong>ABUSE</strong>—Texas<br />

Exhibit 9. Characteristics of Clients Admitted to TDSHS-Funded Treatment with a Primary Problem with<br />

Heroin, by Route of Administration: 1H 2004<br />

278<br />

Inject Inhale Smoke All*<br />

# Admissions 2,394 255 27 2,702<br />

% of Heroin Admits 89 9 1 100<br />

Lag-1st Use to Tmt-Yrs. 16 8 7 15<br />

Average Age 37 29 28 36<br />

% Male 69 53 48 67<br />

% Black 6 33 7 9<br />

% White 37 18 44 35<br />

% Hispanic 55 47 41 54<br />

% CJ Involved 31 29 15 30<br />

% Employed 11 16 7 12<br />

% Homeless 13 10 7 13<br />

*Total includes clients with other routes of administration.<br />

SOURCE: TDSHS<br />

Exhibit 10. Heroin Admissions to TCADA-Funded Treatment by Race/Ethnicity: 1986–1H 2004<br />

100%<br />

90%<br />

80%<br />

70%<br />

60%<br />

50%<br />

40%<br />

30%<br />

20%<br />

10%<br />

0%<br />

SOURCE: TDSHS<br />

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04<br />

Black White Hispanic<br />

Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, Vol. II, January 2005

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