The
NSDUH Report: State Estimates of Past Year Methamphetamine
Use
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format (also
has the data table used to construct each figure)
Highlights
- Because
of small sample sizes and small prevalence, sometimes variables (such
as methamphetamine use by States) need to be analyzed with pooled data
(that is, data combined from several years in order to get a reliable
estimate). Therefore, this report is based on State level data combined
from 4 years of data, i.e. from the 2002 and 2005 National Surveys on
Drug Use and Health. Data are annualized estimates, that is, an average
per year estimate is calculated from the combined data years.
- In
2002-2005, an estimated 1.4 million persons (0.6% of the population)
aged 12 or older used methamphetamine in the past year. Rates of past
year methamphetamine use were highest in Nevada (2%), Montana (1.5%),and
Wyoming (1.5%). The lowest rate of past year methamphetamine use was
about 0.1% and was found in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, and New York.
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For youths aged 12 to 17, rates of past year methamphemtamine use were
among the highest in South Dakota (2.3%), Montana (2.2%), North Dakota
(1.6%) and Wyoming (1.6%). Methamphetamine use was the lowest among
youth in the District of Columbia (0.1%), New York (0.2%), and Maryland
(0.2%).
Reports on rural/urban status & metropolitan
areas
Reports
on specific drugs
Other
topics
This Short
Report, The
NSDUH Report: State
Estimates of Past Year Methamphetamine Use, is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug
Use and Health 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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