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Demographic and Geographic Variations in Injection Drug Use

 

The NSDUH Report:  Demographic and Geographic Variations in Injection Drug Use

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Highlights:

  • Based on SAMHSA's 2002 to 2005 National Surveys on Drug Use & Health (NSDUH), an annual average of 424,000 persons (0.2%) aged 12 or older injected heroin, cocaine, methamphetamines, or other stimulants during the past year.
  • Persons living in the West were the most likely to inject methamphetamines and those in the Northeast the least likely to inject methamphetamines (0.12% vs. 0.02%).
  • Persons living in the Northeast were the most likely to inject heroin and those in the Midwest the least likely to inject heroin (0.13% vs. 0.05%).
  • Persons living in the South were the most likely to inject cocaine than those in any other region (0.10% vs. 0.06%).

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This Short Report,  The NSDUH Report:  Demographic and Geographic Variations in Injection Drug Use, is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use & Health (NSDUH), conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & 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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