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62.7% of people checking into rehab were Caucasian in North Carolina and 62.7% in South Carolina. In North Carolina, African-Americans made up 30.7% and in South Carolina 34.6%.

The primary substance people checked into rehab for in the Carolinas was alcohol, this made up 27% for North Carolina and 34% for South Carolina. The second for North Carolina was cocaine at 13.3%, while South Carolina’s was marijuana at 18.5%.

As of March 2005, approximately 70% of all clients were in private programs in North Carolina, and 50% in South Carolina. In North Carolina 30% were in local, state, or federal government programs as opposed to South Carolina’s 50%. Out of approximately 28,000 patients in North Carolina, 1700 were under age 18. 1500 patients out of approximately 13,500 were under 18 in South Carolina. In South Carolina 35% of those people were in private rehabs and in North Carolina 55% were.

In South Carolina 64% of patients were checked into an outpatient setting, while in North Carolina it was 54%. Long term residential makes up 2% of people checked in for South Carolina and 5% in North Carolina.

59% of rehab facilities in North Carolina accept private insurance and that number jumps to 74% in South Carolina. North Carolina has 38% that accept Medicare and 59% that accept Medicaid. Medicare is accepted by 24% in South Carolina and Medicaid 61%.

The average number of beds at a residential facility in North Carolina is 36, South Carolina is 25. 90% of those facilities in South Carolina are full, and 81% in North Carolina are full.

36% of clients in South Carolina checked in for drug abuse only, in North Carolina that number was 26%. In South Carolina, 33% checked in for both drug and alcohol and in North Carolina 53% did. 22% checked in for alcohol abuse in North Carolina, that number is 31% in South Carolina.