T7_2_1_2a

2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 7_2_1.2a
People age 12 and over who needed treatment for illicit drug use or an alcohol problem and who received such treatment at a specialty facility in the last 12 months,^a by race, 2009
				Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		10.7	0.6	10.2	0.7	14.6	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	10.1	2.6	DSU	DSU
Age	12-17	8.3	0.8	7.8	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	10.7	0.7	10.7	0.8	12.6	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.1	2.7
	45-64	12.0	1.8	10.0	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	11.2	0.8	10.5	0.9	16.6	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	9.7	0.9	9.7	1.1	9.6	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education	Less than high school	13.9	1.6	13.2	1.8	17.5	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	13.5	1.4	12.5	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	8.2	0.8	8.2	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
County type^b	Metropolitan	10.2	0.7	9.9	0.7	14.3	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	5.9	1.7	8.2	2.2
	Large central metro	11.1	1.2	8.9	1.2	22.6	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	10.6	1.3	11.0	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	8.1	1.1	8.8	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	11.2	2.1	12.0	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	13.2	1.9	11.9	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	12.8	2.6	12.5	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	14.0	2.2	10.5	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a. Respondents were classified as needing treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol problem if they met at least one of three criteria during the past year: (1) were dependent on illicit drugs or alcohol; (2) abused illicit drugs or alcohol; or (3) received treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol problem at a specialty facility (i.e., drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities [inpatient or outpatient], hospitals [inpatient only], and mental health centers). Illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, and prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically, based on data from original questions, not including methamphetamine items added in 2005 and 2006.

^b. Specification of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan subgroups changed in 2009; results should not be compared with those of previous years. For information on the urban-rural classification scheme, refer to http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/urban_rural.htm#documentation.

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: T7_2_1_2a: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_2_1_2a.html