Table 7_2_2-2a

2009 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_2.2a
People age 12 and over who needed treatment for illicit drug use and who received such treatment at a specialty facility in the last 12 months,^a by race, United States, 2007
				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		17.8	1.3	17.3	1.5	20.8	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Age	12–17	9.9	1.1	9.8	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18–44	17.4	1.4	17.2	1.6	17.9	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45–64	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	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	18.4	1.7	18.7	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	16.8	1.8	14.5	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education, age 18 and over	Less than high school	19.5	2.7	17.8	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	23.8	2.9	24.0	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	15.3	2.3	15.0	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
County type	MSA	16.9	1.4	15.9	1.6	21.0	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
County type	Non-MSA	24.1	2.8	25.7	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Received any illicit drug treatment at a specialty facility refers to treatment received at a hospital (inpatient), a rehabilitation facility (inpatient or outpatient), or mental health center in order to reduce or stop drug use, or for medical problems associated with drug use. Respondents were classified as needing treatment for an illicit drug problem if they met at least one of three criteria during the past year: (1), dependent on any illicit drug; (2), abuse of any illicit drug; or (3), received treatment for an illicit drug 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), inhalants, hallucinogens, heroin, or prescription-type psychotherapeutic medications (nonmedical use).

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; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 7_2_2-2a: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_2_2-2a.html