New Jersey Substance Abuse Monitoring System (NJ-SAMS) Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions 1/1/2013-12/31/2013 Resident of Union County Primary Drug Highest School Grade Completed Alcohol 1,024 30% Completed High School 1,572 46% Heroin 1,218 35% Some College 693 20% Other Opiates 181 5% Cocaine 224 6% Employment Status Marijuana 686 20% Unemployed 1,132 33% Other Drugs 69 2% Student 100 3% Not in Labor Force 1,401 41% Intravenous Drug Users 687 20% Employed Full/Part Time 765 22% Not Assessed 53 2% Smoke Tobacco (Yes) 2,281 66% Living Arrangement Level of Care Homeless 269 8% Outpatient Care (OP) 985 29% Dependent Living/Institution 325 9% Intensive Outpatient (IOP) 866 25% Independent Living 2,829 82% Partial Hospitalization 222 6% Opioid Maintenance OP 367 11% Marital Status Opioid Maintenance IOP 19 1% Single/Divorced 2,895 84% Extended Care 1 0% Married/Civil Union 350 10% Halfway House 83 2% Widowed 38 1% Long-Term Residential 174 5% Separated 158 5% Short-Term Residential 234 7% Hospital Based Residential 0 0% Detox Residential 274 8% Legal Problem* Detox Hospital 58 2% None 1,363 39% Detox Outpatient Non-Methadone 95 3% Case Pending 256 7% Detox Outpatient Methadone 8 0% Probation/Parole 954 28% Non-traditional Program 0 0% DWI License Suspension 221 6% Early Prevention 65 2% Drug Court 350 10% DYFS/Family Court 212 6% Medication Assisted Therapy Planned in Treatment Other 132 4% Methadone 396 11% Suboxone 165 5% Arrest in the Last 30 Days (Yes) 174 5% Referral Source Special Population* Self-referral 971 28% DYFS/CPSAI 249 7% Family/Friend 115 3% DWI/DUI 411 12% Addiction Services Program 216 6% Developmental Disability 5 0% Workforce NJ SAI 345 10% Blind and Visually Impaired 11 0% DYFS 99 3% Deaf and Hard of Hearing 6 0% Mental Health 150 4% Criminal Justice 1,101 32% Health Insurance at Admission* IDRC 186 5% No Insurance 2,248 65% Other/Not Assessed 253 7% Medicaid 828 24% Medicare 80 2% Any Prior Treatment 2,141 62% Private Insurance 429 12% Other Insurance 46 1% Sex Male 2,455 71% Treated in County of Residence 2,295 67% Female 996 29% County Where Patient Was Treated Age at Admission Atlantic 38 1% Middlesex 56 2% Under 18 69 2% Bergen 62 2% Monmouth 163 5% 18-21 254 7% Burlington 0 0% Morris 48 1% 22-24 374 11% Camden 0 0% Ocean 7 0% 25-29 489 14% Cape May 0 0% Passaic 215 6% 30-34 439 13% Cumberland 39 1% Salem 0 0% 35-44 748 22% Essex 243 7% Somerset 64 2% 45-54 801 23% Gloucester 7 0% Sussex 68 2% 55 and over 273 8% Hudson 107 3% Union 2,295 67% Hunterdon 15 0% Warren 6 0% Race/Ethnicity Mercer 18 1% Other 0 0% White (non-hispanic) 1,212 35% Black (non-hispanic) 1,424 41% Total Admissions = 3,451 Hispanic Origin 771 22% Other 44 1% Unduplicated Clients Admitted = 2,512 *Totals may be greater than 100% because of multiple responses.
New Jersey Substance Abuse Monitoring System (NJ-SAMS) Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions 1/1/2013-12/31/2013 Treatment Site in Union County Primary Drug Highest School Grade Completed Alcohol 889 28% Completed High School 1,443 46% Heroin 1,120 36% Some College 578 18% Other Opiates 98 3% Cocaine 196 6% Employment Status Marijuana 698 22% Unemployed 1,180 38% Other Drugs 62 2% Student 67 2% Not in Labor Force 1,066 34% Intravenous Drug Users 539 17% Employed Full/Part Time 751 24% Not Assessed 74 2% Smoke Tobacco (Yes) 2,026 65% Living Arrangement Level of Care Homeless 201 6% Outpatient Care (OP) 1,100 35% Dependent Living/Institution 241 8% Intensive Outpatient (IOP) 949 30% Independent Living 2,666 85% Partial Hospitalization 204 7% Opioid Maintenance OP 616 20% Marital Status Opioid Maintenance IOP 34 1% Single/Divorced 2,578 82% Extended Care 0 0% Married/Civil Union 329 10% Halfway House 43 1% Widowed 45 1% Long-Term Residential 0 0% Separated 171 5% Short-Term Residential 3 0% Hospital Based Residential 0 0% Detox Residential 0 0% Legal Problem* Detox Hospital 0 0% None 1,256 40% Detox Outpatient Non-Methadone 104 3% Case Pending 175 6% Detox Outpatient Methadone 7 0% Probation/Parole 853 27% Non-traditional Program 0 0% DWI License Suspension 213 7% Early Prevention 78 2% Drug Court 232 7% DYFS/Family Court 195 6% Medication Assisted Therapy Planned in Treatment Other 111 4% Methadone 652 21% Suboxone 99 3% Arrest in the Last 30 Days (Yes) 129 4% Referral Source Special Population* Self-referral 786 25% DYFS/CPSAI 215 7% Family/Friend 121 4% DWI/DUI 365 12% Addiction Services Program 166 5% Developmental Disability 5 0% Workforce NJ SAI 336 11% Blind and Visually Impaired 15 0% DYFS 86 3% Deaf and Hard of Hearing 7 0% Mental Health 154 5% Criminal Justice 1,067 34% Health Insurance at Admission* IDRC 205 7% No Insurance 2,024 64% Other/Not Assessed 206 7% Medicaid 905 29% Medicare 88 3% Any Prior Treatment 1,970 63% Private Insurance 254 8% Other Insurance 40 1% Sex Male 2,167 69% Treated in County of Residence 2,295 73% Female 971 31% County of Residence Age at Admission Atlantic 2 0% Middlesex 183 6% Under 18 41 1% Bergen 6 0% Monmouth 13 0% 18-21 216 7% Burlington 1 0% Morris 36 1% 22-24 298 9% Camden 3 0% Ocean 5 0% 25-29 433 14% Cape May 0 0% Passaic 8 0% 30-34 396 13% Cumberland 2 0% Salem 0 0% 35-44 694 22% Essex 397 13% Somerset 87 3% 45-54 752 24% Gloucester 0 0% Sussex 9 0% 55 and over 303 10% Hudson 46 1% Union 2,295 73% Hunterdon 2 0% Warren 4 0% Race/Ethnicity Mercer 2 0% Other 34 1% White (non-hispanic) 970 31% Black (non-hispanic) 1,430 46% Total Admissions = 3,138 Hispanic Origin 666 21% Other 72 2% Unduplicated Clients Admitted = 2,571 *Totals may be greater than 100% because of multiple responses.
Admissions by Age Group, Gender, Primary Drug 2013 NJ Resident Admissions 0-17 18-24 25-59 60&Over Total Union County Female Gender Male Total* N % N % N % Alcohol 4 57.1 3 42.9 7 100.0 Other Opiates 1 100.0 1 100.0 Other Drugs 15 24.6 46 75.4 61 100.0 Total 19 27.5 50 72.5 69 100.0 Alcohol 27 22.9 91 77.1 118 100.0 Heroin 43 24.9 130 75.1 173 100.0 Other Opiates 4 7.0 53 93.0 57 100.0 Other Drugs 64 22.9 216 77.1 280 100.0 Total 138 22.0 490 78.0 628 100.0 Alcohol 221 25.9 631 74.1 852 100.0 Heroin 326 32.4 679 67.6 1005 100.0 Other Opiates 40 32.8 82 67.2 122 100.0 Other Drugs 214 31.8 459 68.2 673 100.0 Total 801 30.2 1851 69.8 2652 100.0 Alcohol 10 23.3 33 76.7 43 100.0 Heroin 22 55.0 18 45.0 40 100.0 Other Opiates 1 20.0 4 80.0 5 100.0 Other Drugs 4 40.0 6 60.0 10 100.0 Total 37 37.8 61 62.2 98 100.0 Alcohol 262 25.7 758 74.3 1020 100.0 Heroin 391 32.1 827 67.9 1218 100.0 Other Opiates 45 24.3 140 75.7 185 100.0 Other Drugs 297 29.0 727 71.0 1024 100.0 Total 995 28.9 2452 71.1 3447 100.0 * Unknown age or gender admissions are not included.
Substance Abuse Admissions by Municipality of Residence and Primary Drug 2013 NJ Resident Admissions Primary Drug Total Union County Alcohol Cocaine/ Heroin Other Marijuana/ Other Drugs Crack Opiates Hashish N % N % N % N % N % N % N % Berkeley Heights Twp 7 25.9.. 11 40.7 2 7.4 3 11.1 4 14.8 27 100 Clark Twp 17 21.5 2 2.5 34 43.0 18 22.8 8 10.1.. 79 100 Cranford Twp 29 46.0.. 27 42.9 2 3.2 4 6.3 1 1.6 63 100 Elizabeth City 344 27.3 106 8.4 453 36.0 42 3.3 276 21.9 38 3.0 1259 100 Fanwood Boro 1 6.7 1 6.7 7 46.7 5 33.3.. 1 6.7 15 100 Garwood Boro 9 26.5 1 2.9 21 61.8 1 2.9 1 2.9 1 2.9 34 100 Hillside Twp 32 34.8 3 3.3 19 20.7 7 7.6 28 30.4 3 3.3 92 100 Kenilworth Boro 7 28.0.. 11 44.0 6 24.0 1 4.0.. 25 100 Linden City 79 32.6 14 5.8 56 23.1 13 5.4 72 29.8 8 3.3 242 100 Mountainside Boro 8 57.1.. 4 28.6 1 7.1.. 1 7.1 14 100 New Providence Boro 12 36.4 2 6.1 16 48.5 3 9.1.... 33 100 Plainfield City 131 23.1 45 7.9 232 40.8 15 2.6 125 22.0 20 3.5 568 100 Rahway City 71 37.8 12 6.4 53 28.2 9 4.8 38 20.2 5 2.7 188 100 Roselle Boro 44 31.2 6 4.3 41 29.1 4 2.8 41 29.1 5 3.5 141 100 Roselle Park Boro 27 38.6 3 4.3 22 31.4 7 10.0 9 12.9 2 2.9 70 100 Scotch Plains Twp 25 33.8 9 12.2 25 33.8 7 9.5 5 6.8 3 4.1 74 100 Springfield Twp 15 39.5 5 13.2 5 13.2 2 5.3 9 23.7 2 5.3 38 100 Summit City 35 61.4 1 1.8 12 21.1 3 5.3 4 7.0 2 3.5 57 100 Union Twp 64 28.4 5 2.2 99 44.0 17 7.6 31 13.8 9 4.0 225 100 Westfield Town 24 34.3.. 27 38.6 11 15.7 6 8.6 2 2.9 70 100 Winfield Twp.... 7 53.8.. 6 46.2.. 13 100 Unknown 43 34.7 10 8.1 36 29.0 10 8.1 19 15.3 6 4.8 124 100 Total 1024 29.7 225 6.5 1218 35.3 185 5.4 686 19.9 113 3.3 3451 100
2013 Union County Substance Abuse Admissions by Municipality of Residence Legend Uni COUNT 13-38 39-92 93-180 181-568 569-1259 Top Five Municipalities 1 Elizabeth City 1259 2 Plainfield City 568 3 Linden City 242 4 Union Township 225 5 Rahway City 188 Union Township Elizabeth City Linden City Plainfield City Rahway City Data: NJSAMS 2014 May Download Report Date: June, 2014 ¹ 0 NJ Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services Research, Planning and Evaluation Unit Miles 0.250.5 1 1.5
Substance Abuse Admissions by Municipality of Residence, Primary Drug and Age 2013 NJ Resident Admissions Union County Alcohol Drugs Total* 18 & Over Under 18 Total 18 & Over Under 18 Total 18 & Over Under 18 Total N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % Berkeley Heights Twp 7 100.. 7 100 20 100.. 20 100 27 100.. 27 100 Clark Twp 17 100.. 17 100 62 100.. 62 100 79 100.. 79 100 Cranford Twp 28 100.. 28 100 33 97 1 3 34 100 61 98 1 2 62 100 Elizabeth City 339 99 3 1 342 100 878 98 20 2 898 100 1217 98 23 2 1240 100 Fanwood Boro 1 100.. 1 100 14 100.. 14 100 15 100.. 15 100 Garwood Boro 8 89 1 11 9 100 25 100.. 25 100 33 97 1 3 34 100 Hillside Twp 32 100.. 32 100 55 93 4 7 59 100 87 96 4 4 91 100 Kenilworth Boro 7 100.. 7 100 18 100.. 18 100 25 100.. 25 100 Linden City 77 97 2 3 79 100 147 92 13 8 160 100 224 94 15 6 239 100 Mountainside Boro 8 100.. 8 100 5 100.. 5 100 13 100.. 13 100 New Providence Boro 12 100.. 12 100 21 100.. 21 100 33 100.. 33 100 Plainfield City 131 100.. 131 100 421 98 7 2 428 100 552 99 7 1 559 100 Rahway City 70 100.. 70 100 114 98 2 2 116 100 184 99 2 1 186 100 Roselle Boro 43 98 1 2 44 100 93 97 3 3 96 100 136 97 4 3 140 100 Roselle Park Boro 27 100.. 27 100 42 98 1 2 43 100 69 99 1 1 70 100 Scotch Plains Twp 25 100.. 25 100 48 100.. 48 100 73 100.. 73 100 Springfield Twp 15 100.. 15 100 21 95 1 5 22 100 36 97 1 3 37 100 Summit City 35 100.. 35 100 22 100.. 22 100 57 100.. 57 100 Union Twp 64 100.. 64 100 149 96 6 4 155 100 213 97 6 3 219 100 Westfield Town 24 100.. 24 100 45 98 1 2 46 100 69 99 1 1 70 100 Winfield Twp...... 13 100.. 13 100 13 100.. 13 100 Unknown 43 100.. 43 100 75 97 2 3 77 100 118 98 2 2 120 100 Total 1013 99 7 1 1020 100 2321 97 61 3 2382 100 3334 98 68 2 3402 100 * Missing primary drug or age admissions are not included.
New Jersey Substance Abuse Monitoring System (NJ-SAMS) Substance Abuse Treatment Discharges 1/1/2013-12/31/2013 Resident of Union County Level of Care Living Arragements at Discharge Outpatient Care (OP) 961 29% Homeless 236 7% Intensive Outpatient (IOP) 829 25% Dependent Living/Institution 436 13% Partial Hospitalization 211 6% Independent Living 2,549 76% Opioid Maintenance OP 330 10% Opioid Maintenance IOP 20 1% Employment Status at Discharge Extended Care 2 0% Unemployed 907 27% Halfway House 75 2% Student 85 3% Long-Term Residential 181 5% Not in Labor Force 1,242 37% Short-Term Residential 240 7% Employed Full/Part Time 979 29% Hospital Based Residential 0 0% Not Assessed 122 4% Detox Residential 271 8% Detox Hospital 41 1% Reasons for Discharge or Treatment not Completed Detox Outpatient Non-Methadone 92 3% Treatment Plan Completed 1,613 48% Detox Outpatient Methadone 3 0% Quit or Dropped Out 798 24% Non-Traditional Program 0 0% Needs Different Level of Care 308 9% Early Intervention 79 2% Unable to Meet Client's Other Needs 35 1% Administrative Discharge 181 5% Sex Exhaustion of Payment Source 23 1% Male 2,366 71% Incarcerated 87 3% Female 969 29% Medical Discharge/Deceased 30 1% Other 97 3% Age at Discharge Under 18 73 2% Significant Problems or Conditions 18-21 221 7% Mental Health Problem 807 24% 22-24 361 11% Compulsive Gambling 9 0% 25-29 458 14% Physical Disability or Handicap 33 1% 30-34 417 13% Victim of Physical Abuse or Neglect 126 4% 35-44 746 22% Victim of Sexual Abuse 109 3% 45-54 778 23% Pregnancy 9 0% 55 and over 281 8% Suicide Attempt 24 1% Unknown 0 0% Runaway Behavior 69 2% Neglect or Abuse of Own Children 71 2% Race/Ethnicity Child of Substance Abuser 147 4% White 1,144 34% Batterer 13 0% Black 1,421 43% Criminal Activity 342 10% Hispanic 724 22% Other 93 3% Other 40 1% Not Assessed 6 0% Arrested in the Last 30 days (Yes) 120 4% Mental Illness/Co-Occurring Disorder 2,198 66% County Where Patient Was Treated Atlantic 38 1% Middlesex 43 1% Client Goal Achieved/Partially Achieved at Discharge * Bergen 47 1% Monmouth 159 5% Alcohol or Drug Problem 1,967 62% Burlington 0 0% Morris 46 1% Educational 278 29% Camden 1 0% Ocean 9 0% Employment or Vocational 348 25% Cape May 0 0% Passaic 234 7% Family Situation 956 57% Cumberland 40 1% Salem 0 0% Psychological or Mental Health 867 61% Essex 213 6% Somerset 61 2% Physical Health 822 68% Gloucester 8 0% Sussex 65 2% Legal 939 57% Hudson 105 3% Union 2,234 67% Hunterdon 12 0% Warren 6 0% Drug and Alcohol Use at Discharge Mercer 14 0% Other 0 0% Not Using Alcohol or Drugs 2,000 60% Using Alcohol 159 5% Using Drugs 529 16% Total Discharges = 3,335 Unknown 603 18% Unduplicated Clients Discharged = 2,423 * Percentage for goal achievment based on total clients for whom goal was applicable. All other percentages are based on total discharges.
New Jersey Substance Abuse Monitoring System (NJ-SAMS) Substance Abuse Treatment Discharges 1/1/2013-12/31/2013 Treatment Site in Union County Level of Care Living Arragements at Discharge Outpatient Care (OP) 1,051 36% Homeless 210 7% Intensive Outpatient (IOP) 896 31% Dependent Living/Institution 227 8% Partial Hospitalization 189 7% Independent Living 2,338 81% Opioid Maintenance OP 484 17% Opioid Maintenance IOP 34 1% Employment Status at Discharge Extended Care 0 0% Unemployed 768 27% Halfway House 41 1% Student 54 2% Long-Term Residential 0 0% Not in Labor Force 969 34% Short-Term Residential 3 0% Employed Full/Part Time 974 34% Hospital Based Residential 0 0% Not Assessed 124 4% Detox Residential 0 0% Detox Hospital 0 0% Reasons for Discharge or Treatment not Completed Detox Outpatient Non-Methadone 99 3% Treatment Plan Completed 1,097 38% Detox Outpatient Methadone 3 0% Quit or Dropped Out 796 28% Non-Traditional Program 0 0% Needs Different Level of Care 320 11% Early Intervention 89 3% Unable to Meet Client's Other Needs 36 1% Administrative Discharge 158 5% Sex Exhaustion of Payment Source 28 1% Male 2,023 70% Incarcerated 97 3% Female 866 30% Medical Discharge/Deceased 30 1% Other 119 4% Age at Discharge Under 18 43 1% Significant Problems or Conditions 18-21 174 6% Mental Health Problem 700 24% 22-24 273 9% Compulsive Gambling 5 0% 25-29 388 13% Physical Disability or Handicap 38 1% 30-34 374 13% Victim of Physical Abuse or Neglect 99 3% 35-44 668 23% Victim of Sexual Abuse 86 3% 45-54 690 24% Pregnancy 8 0% 55 and over 279 10% Suicide Attempt 16 1% Unknown 0 0% Runaway Behavior 3 0% Neglect or Abuse of Own Children 47 2% Race/Ethnicity Child of Substance Abuser 104 4% White 870 30% Batterer 6 0% Black 1,330 46% Criminal Activity 217 8% Hispanic 627 22% Other 66 2% Other 46 2% Not Assessed 16 1% Arrested in the Last 30 days (Yes) 120 4% Mental Illness/Co-Occurring Disorder 1,923 67% County of Residence Atlantic 6 0% Middlesex 161 6% Client Goal Achieved/Partially Achieved at Discharge * Bergen 7 0% Monmouth 12 0% Alcohol or Drug Problem 1,442 53% Burlington 2 0% Morris 33 1% Educational 291 47% Camden 3 0% Ocean 5 0% Employment or Vocational 524 44% Cape May 0 0% Passaic 5 0% Family Situation 677 46% Cumberland 0 0% Salem 0 0% Psychological or Mental Health 537 51% Essex 280 10% Somerset 82 3% Physical Health 364 48% Gloucester 0 0% Sussex 4 0% Legal 771 54% Hudson 27 1% Union 2,234 77% Hunterdon 4 0% Warren 4 0% Drug and Alcohol Use at Discharge Mercer 2 0% Other 18 1% Not Using Alcohol or Drugs 1,428 49% Using Alcohol 170 6% Using Drugs 645 22% Total Discharges = 2,889 Unknown 599 21% Unduplicated Clients Discharged = 2,348 * Percentage for goal achievment based on total clients for whom goal was applicable. All other percentages are based on total discharges.