The
NSDUH Report: Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Substance
Use
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format (also
has the data table used to construct each figure)
Highlights:
- In
2005, about 2 million persons aged 12 or older (0.8%) reported that
they had a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the past year.
- Young
adults aged 18 to 25 (2.1%) were more likely than any other age group
to have had a sexually transmitted disease in the past year. Among
the young adults, females were 4 times more likely to have had a STD
in the past year than males (3.4% vs. 0.8%).
- Having
a sexually transmitted disease among young adults was associated with
their alcohol and illicit drug use in the past month: 3.9% of the
young adults who used both alcohol and illicit drugs, 3.1% who were
heavy drinkers (drank 5 or more drinks on the same occasion on 5 or
more days in the past month), 2.1% who used only alcohol but no illicit
drugs, 2.1% who used only illicit drugs but no alcohol, and 1.3% of
those who did not use alcohol or illicit drugs had an STD in the past
year.
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risk and protective factors
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This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report: Sexually
Transmitted Diseases and Substance Use, 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 survey (NSDUH) 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. |
