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The
NSDUH Report: Illicit Drug Use by Race/Ethnicity in Metropolitan
and Non-Metropolitan Counties: 2004 and 2005
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format (also has the data table used to construct each
figure)
Highlights:
- SAMHSA's National Survey
of Drug Use and Health provides data on past month use of the following:
any illicit drug, marijuana, and nonmedical use of prescription type
drugs by race/ethnicity. This report also presents these by metropolitan
status. Metropolitan areas include counties that are inside metropolitan
statistical areas (MSAs) as defined by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Large metropolitan areas have a population of 1 million
or more. Small metropolitan areas have a population of fewer than 1
million. Non metropolitan areas include counties that are outside MSAs.
To obtain sufficient numbers to make reliable estimates, the comparisons
are based on the combined data from SAMHSA's 2004 and 2005 annual National
Surveys of Drug Use and Health.
- Among whites: past month
use of any illicit drug, marijuana, or nonmedical prescription drugs
was lowest in non metropolitan areas than in any other area.
- Among blacks: past month
use of any illicit drug or marijuana was lowest in non metropolitan
areas than in any other area but nonmedical prescription drug use was
highest in non metropolitan areas.
- Among American Indians/Alaska
Natives: past month use of any illicit drug or nonmedical prescription
drug use was lowest in large metropolitan areas than in any other area
but marijuana use was lowest in non metropolitan areas.
- Among Hispanics: past
month use of any illicit drug, marijuana, or nonmedical prescription
drugs was lowest in non metropolitan areas than in any other area.
Other
reports on metropolitan or rural/urban status
Reports
on substance abuse/dependence
Other topics
Other
OAS publications and services
This Short Report, The
NSDUH Report: Illicit Drug Use by Race/Ethnicity in Metropolitan
and Non-Metropolitan Counties: 2004 and 2005, 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 National Survey on Drug Use and 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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