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The NSDUH Report - HIV/AIDS and Substance Use
Highlights: Combined 2005 to 2009 NSDUH data indicate that an estimated annual average of 420,000 persons aged 12 or older (0.17 percent) had been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had HIV/AIDS. About one in six individuals with HIV/AIDS had used an illicit drug intravenously in their lifetime (16.60 percent); nearly two thirds had used an illicit drug but not intravenously (64.44 percent), and 18.96 percent had never used an illicit drug. Nearly one quarter of persons with HIV/AIDS were in need of treatment for alcohol use or illicit drug use in the past year (23.94 percent). Other OAS publications and services This Short ,The NSDUH Report - HIV/AIDS and Substance Use, is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 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 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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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.
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