Table 17_3_5-2c

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 17_3_5.2c
People age 18 and over who received any illicit drug or alcohol abuse treatment in the last 12 months,^a by family income,^b 2008
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		1.7	0.1	3.6	0.4	1.7	0.2	1.6	0.2	1.1	0.1
Age	18-44	2.3	0.1	4.2	0.4	2.4	0.3	2.1	0.2	1.6	0.2
	45-64	1.4	0.2	3.6	0.9	1.7	0.4	1.7	0.4	0.9	0.2
	65 and over	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	2.3	0.2	5.6	0.7	2.7	0.4	2.4	0.3	1.4	0.2
Gender	Female	1.0	0.1	2.1	0.3	1.0	0.2	0.9	0.2	0.8	0.2
Race	White only	1.6	0.1	3.7	0.4	1.7	0.2	1.6	0.2	1.2	0.2
	Black only	2.2	0.3	3.8	0.8	1.9	0.5	2.4	0.6	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN only	2.8	0.6	3.7	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	1.5	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Hispanic	1.4	0.2	2.4	0.6	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.4	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	1.7	0.1	4.0	0.4	2.0	0.2	1.6	0.2	1.1	0.1
County type^c	Metropolitan	1.6	0.1	3.5	0.4	1.8	0.2	1.7	0.2	1.1	0.1
	Large central and fringe metro	1.6	0.1	3.6	0.6	1.6	0.3	1.5	0.3	1.2	0.2
	Medium metro	1.7	0.2	2.3	0.4	1.9	0.4	2.2	0.5	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	1.7	0.3	5.0	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	1.7	0.2	4.0	0.7	1.6	0.3	1.4	0.3	DSU	DSU

^a Received any illicit drug or alcohol treatment refers to treatment received in order to reduce or stop drug or alcohol use, or for medical problems associated with drug or alcohol use. It includes treatment received at any location, such as a hospital, rehabilitation facility (inpatient or outpatient), mental health center, emergency room, private doctor's office, self-help group, or prison/jail. Any illicit drug includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic drug used nonmedically, based on data from original questions not including methamphetamine items added in 2005 and 2006.

^b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low refers to incomes between the poverty line and 200 percent of the poverty line; middle refers to household incomes between 200 and 300 percent of the poverty line; and high incomes are those that are at 300 percent of the poverty line and over. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of people were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

^c Metropolitan refers to all metropolitan areas; Large central and fringe metro, central and suburban counties in metro area of 1 million or more population; Medium metro, counties in metro area of 250,000 to less than 1,000,000; Small metro, counties in metro area of less than 250,000 population; Nonmetropolitan, all nonmetropolitan areas.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 17_3_5-2c: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/17_utilization/T17_3_5-2c.html