The
NSDUH Report: Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders
among American Indians and Alaska Natives
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Highlights
- Data
from SAMHSA's 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 National Surveys on Drug Use
and Health were combined to calculate annual averages in order to make
reliable estimates comparing substance use and substance use disorders
by American Indians and Alaska Natives with substance use and substance
disorders by the overall group of persons from other racial backgrounds.
- Rates
of past year use disorders were higher among American Indians and Alaska
Natives than members of other racial groups for alcohol, illicit drug
use, marijuana, cocaine, and hallucinogen use disorders.
- Although
in the past year American Indians and Alaska Natives were less likely
than persons of other racial backgrounds to have used alcohol (60.8%
vs. 65.8%), they were more likely to have an alcohol use disorder
(10.7% vs. 7.6%).
- For
illicit drug use, however, in the past year, American Indians and Alaska
Natives were more likely than persons of other racial backgrounds both
to have used an illicit drug (18.4% vs. 14.6%) and to have an illicit
drug use disorder (5.0% vs. 2.9%).
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This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report: Substance
Use and Substance Use Disorders among American Indians and Alaska Natives,
is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug
Use and Health (NSDUH), 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 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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