The NHSDA
Report: Substance Use in the 10 Largest Metropolitan Statistical
Areas
Highlights:
- According to the U.S.
population in 2000, the 10 largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)
are: Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston, Los
Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, 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
1999, 2000, and 2001 National Household Surveys of Drug Abuse.
- The rate of current
illicit drug use was higher than the national average in the Boston,
Detroit, and Chicago MSAs.
- The rate of current
binge drinking was higher than the national average in the Boston, Chicago,
and Philadelphia MSAs. 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.
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reports on metropolitan or rural/urban status
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on substance abuse/dependence
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This Short Report, The
NHSDA Report: Substance Use in the 10 Largest Metropolitan
Statistical Areas, 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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