NHQRDR 2010 /T7_2_3-2b

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 7_2_3.2b
People age 12 and over who needed treatment for an alcohol problem and who received such treatment at a specialty facility in the last 12 months,^a by ethnicity, 2008
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		8.2	0.7	9.1	0.8	8.5	0.8	12.9	2.6	3.6	0.8
Age	12-17	6.2	0.9	6.5	0.9	6.6	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	7.4	0.6	8.1	0.7	7.6	0.8	10.6	2.6	4.1	1.1
	45-64	11.2	2.2	12.4	2.4	11.1	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	8.9	0.9	9.9	1.1	9.2	1.2	13.4	3.4	3.9	1.1
Gender	Female	7.1	0.9	7.7	1.0	7.3	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education	Less than high school	14.9	2.2	18.6	2.7	17.0	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	9.9	1.4	11.1	1.6	10.7	1.8	14.2	4.2	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	5.4	0.9	5.8	1.0	5.6	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
County type^b	Metropolitan	8.2	0.8	9.0	0.9	8.3	1.0	13.2	2.8	3.8	0.9
	Large central and fringe metro	7.2	0.9	8.1	1.0	7.2	1.1	12.2	3.0	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	9.1	1.8	9.7	2.1	10.3	2.4	DSU	DSU	5.3	1.2
	Small metro	11.8	2.4	12.0	2.6	9.8	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	8.5	1.5	9.4	1.6	9.2	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Received alcohol 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 alcohol use, or for medical problems associated with alcohol use. Respondents were classified as needing treatment for an alcohol problem if they met at least one of three criteria during the past year: (1) were dependent on alcohol; (2) abused alcohol; or (3) received treatment for alcohol use at a specialty facility.

^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: 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 February 2011

Internet Citation: NHQRDR 2010 /T7_2_3-2b: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_2_3-2b.html