Estimates of Substance Use in Affected States
SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) has compiled baseline
data on pre-hurricane substance use in states affected by Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita. The data are extracted from the Agency's National
Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
The states highlighted include Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi,
and Texas. Each state's information includes substance use prevalence
data, including "substate" data and maps. State-level
estimates are based on the 2002 to 2004 surveys, while substate
estimates were generated from earlier (1999 to 2001) surveys.
Substate areas are smaller areas as defined by states for treatment
planning. For example, in Louisiana the seven state regions, defined
in terms of the state's 64 parishes, are provided by the state's
Office for Addictive Disorders at the Louisiana Department of Health
and Hospitals.
Other information includes behavioral health program updates,
substance abuse data on other states and metropolitan areas, and
maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
For more information on Katrina/Rita Areas: Baseline State
and Sub-State Estimates of Substance Use from the 2002-2004 National
Surveys on Drug Use and Health, visit SAMHSA's Web site at
http://oas.samhsa.gov/katrina/toc.cfm.
This Web site will be updated as more information becomes available.
OAS recommends the PDF version for printing substate data and maps.
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Behavioral Health Data
For specific state information, SAMHSA's Behavioral Health Headlines
Database provides access to a Web-based digest of state and national
news related to public sector mental health and substance abuse
services. Reports are posted biweekly on current issues and trends.
In addition, access is provided to a database of abstracts from
the past 5 years of Behavioral Health Headlines—searchable
by state, date, and keyword.
For more information on this database, visit http://www.samhsa.gov/SBHH/search.asp.
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