The NSDUH
Report: Substance Use in the 15 Largest Metropolitan Statistical
Areas, 2002-2005
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format (also has the data table used to construct each
figure)
Highlights:
- According to the U.S.
population in 2005, the 15 largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)
are: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston,
Los Angeles, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix,
Riverside, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.
Rates of past month (i.e., current) illicit drug use, binge alcohol
use, and cigarette use for each of these MSAs were compared with the
national average. To obtain sufficient numbers to make reliable
estimates, the comparisons are based on the combined data from SAMHSA's
2002 to 2005 annual National Surveys of Drug Use and Health.
- The national annual
average rate of current illicit drug use was 8.1% of persons aged 12
or older. Among the 15 largest metropolitan statistical areas, San Francisco
(12.9%) and Detroit (9.5%) had significantly higher rates than the national
average and the metropolitan statistical areas of Houston (6.2%), Dallas
(6.5%) and Washington D.C (6.5%) had lower rates of past month illicit
drug use than the national average.
- The rate of current
binge drinking was 22.7% for the nation and ranged from 18.6% in Los
Angeles to 25.6% in Houston and 25.7% in Chicago metropolitan statistical
areas. Binge drinking is defined as drinking five or more drinks
on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours
of each other) on at least one day in the past 30 days.
- The rate of current
smoking cigarettes was 25.3% for the nation and ranged from 17.9% in
Los Angeles and San Francisco to 27.4% in the Detroit metropolitan statistical
areas.
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This Short Report, The
NSDUH Report: Substance Use in the 15 Largest Metropolitan
Statistical Areas, 2002-2005, is based on SAMHSA's National
Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The NSDUH 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 is the primary source
of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and
alcohol use and abuse 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 by State.
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