T17_3_5_2c

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 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 2009
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		1.8	0.1	3.8	0.4	2.3	0.3	1.6	0.2	1.0	0.1
Age	18-44	2.5	0.1	4.2	0.4	3.2	0.4	2.0	0.2	1.8	0.2
	45-64	1.4	0.2	4.1	1.0	1.8	0.5	1.7	0.4	0.6	0.2
	65 and over	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	2.6	0.2	5.7	0.7	3.5	0.5	2.4	0.3	1.5	0.2
Gender	Female	1.0	0.1	2.4	0.3	1.2	0.2	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.1
Race	White only	1.8	0.1	3.7	0.4	2.4	0.3	1.5	0.2	1.1	0.1
	Black only	2.1	0.3	4.5	0.9	1.7	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	0.2	0.1	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	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	1.7	0.3	2.4	0.6	2.3	0.6	1.0	0.2	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	1.8	0.1	4.4	0.4	2.3	0.3	1.6	0.2	1.0	0.1
County type^c	Metropolitan	1.7	0.1	3.8	0.4	2.4	0.3	1.5	0.2	1.1	0.1
	Large central metro	1.9	0.2	4.2	0.8	2.7	0.5	1.5	0.3	1.1	0.2
	Large fringe metro	1.7	0.2	3.0	0.8	2.8	0.7	1.9	0.4	1.1	0.2
	Medium metro	1.4	0.2	3.5	0.6	1.4	0.3	1.2	0.3	0.9	0.2
	Small metro	2.0	0.3	4.5	1.2	DSU	DSU	1.4	0.4	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	1.9	0.2	3.8	0.6	2.0	0.5	1.8	0.5	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	1.9	0.3	3.1	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	1.8	0.3	5.1	1.2	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. Negative/poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over. Respondents with unknown poverty information were excluded.

^c. Specification of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan subgroups changed in 2009; results should not be compared to 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 for details.

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: T17_3_5_2c: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/17_utilization/T17_3_5_2c.html