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Table 3 Substance abuse type for older adults by number of prior admissions

From: Trends in substance use admissions among older adults

Substance abuse type**

No prior admission *

One or more prior admissions*

2000

(n = 20,503)

2004

(n = 22,573)

2008

(n = 36,092)

2012

(n = 36,584)

2000

(n = 39,609)

2004

(n = 46,737)

2008

(n = 68,339)

2012

(n = 84,431)

Alcohol only

14,376

13,497

19,868

19,155

25,299

24,530

31,717

35,906

(70.1)

(61.8)

(n = 55.1)

(n = 52.5)

(63.9)

(52.5)

(46.4)

(42.4)

Other drugs only

2478

4005

7919

8719

6540

10,364

17,279

20,961

(12.1)

(17.7)

(21.9)

(23.8)

(16.5)

(22.2)

(25.3)

(24.8)

Alcohol and other drugs

2615

3702

7136

8260

7111

10,839

18,358

26,663

(12.7)

(16.4)

(19.8)

(22.6)

(17.9)

(23.2)

(26.9)

(31.6)

None

1034

919

1169

450

659

1004

985

1001

(5.0)

(4.1)

(3.2)

(1.2)

(1.7)

(2.1)

(1.4)

(1.2)

  1. **Primary, secondary or tertiary substance of abuse reported at the time of admission
  2. *p-value <0.0001