| Distribution of Drug Treatment Admissions by Age Group (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Under 12 | 12 to 17 | 18 to 24 | 25 to 34 | 35 to 44 | 45 to 54 | 55 to 64 | 65 or Older |
| 1992 | 1,560,311 | 0.26 | 6.1 | 15.6 | 39.9 | 26.2 | 8.4 | 2.7 | 0.9 |
| 1993 | 1,618,597 | 0.22 | 5.9 | 14.4 | 39.2 | 28.1 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 |
| 1994 | 1,671,039 | 0.20 | 6.6 | 14.0 | 37.8 | 29.1 | 9.1 | 2.5 | 0.8 |
| 1995 | 1,680,697 | 0.22 | 7.4 | 13.8 | 36.1 | 29.9 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 0.7 |
| 1996 | 1,643,731 | 0.22 | 7.9 | 13.4 | 33.9 | 31.0 | 10.3 | 2.5 | 0.7 |
| 1997 | 1,607,957 | 0.23 | 8.2 | 13.8 | 32.2 | 31.6 | 10.8 | 2.5 | 0.7 |
| 1998 | 1,712,268 | 0.20 | 8.1 | 14.4 | 30.3 | 32.2 | 11.5 | 2.6 | 0.7 |
| 1999 | 1,729,878 | 0.19 | 8.0 | 15.0 | 28.4 | 32.6 | 12.4 | 2.7 | 0.7 |
| 2000 | 1,778,352 | 0.19 | 7.8 | 15.7 | 27.0 | 32.6 | 13.2 | 2.8 | 0.7 |
| 2001 | 1,788,646 | 0.17 | 8.2 | 16.6 | 26.0 | 31.9 | 13.9 | 2.7 | 0.6 |
| 2002 | 1,882,584 | 0.20 | 8.3 | 17.0 | 25.1 | 31.1 | 14.8 | 3.0 | 0.6 |
Source: Treatment Episode Data Sets (2004)