Table 17_3_5-2a

2010 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 17_3_5.2a
People age 12 and over who received any illicit drug or alcohol abuse treatment^a� in the last 12 months, by race, 2008
				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		1.6	0.1	1.6	0.1	2.0	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	3.0	0.5	1.6	0.4
Age	12-17	1.3	0.1	1.4	0.1	0.9	0.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	2.3	0.1	2.4	0.2	2.5	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	3.9	0.8	DSU	DSU
	45-64	1.4	0.2	1.4	0.2	2.4	0.7	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	2.2	0.1	2.1	0.2	3.3	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	4.6	1.0	2.9	0.8
Gender	Female	1.0	0.1	1.1	0.1	1.0	0.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	1.5	0.4	DSU	DSU
Education	Less than high school	2.7	0.3	2.5	0.3	4.1	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	1.8	0.2	1.7	0.2	2.4	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	4.7	1.3	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	1.3	0.1	1.3	0.1	1.3	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
County type^b	Metropolitan	1.6	0.1	1.6	0.1	2.1	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	2.4	0.5	DSU	DSU
	Large central and fringe metro	1.6	0.1	1.6	0.1	2.0	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	2.4	0.7	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	1.7	0.2	1.7	0.2	1.4	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	1.7	0.2	1.5	0.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	1.7	0.2	1.6	0.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	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 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_5-2a: 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_5-2a.html