Illicit Drug Use Among Hispanic Females

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Highlights:

• Hispanic females were less likely than Hispanic males to use illicit drugs, and rates were similar among Hispanic and non-Hispanic females.

• Puerto Rican or Mexican Hispanic females were more likely to use illicit drugs than were their Cuban, Central or South American peers.

• In nonmetropolitan counties, Hispanic females were more likely to use illicit drugs than non-Hispanic females.

• Among Hispanic women aged 15 to 44, the annual average rate of past month use of any illicit drug was lower among pregnant women than non pregnant women.

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This Short Report, The NHSDA Report:  Illicit Drug Use Among Hispanic Females, is based on SAMHSA's  National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA),now called the  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).  The survey is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.

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