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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_2.1
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 United States, 2002-2009
		2009		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		19.1	1.4	16.0	1.1	17.8	1.3	20.3	1.4	17.0	1.3	17.7	1.3	15.0	1.1	18.2	1.4
Age	12-17	10.5	1.2	9.3	1.1	9.9	1.1	11.2	1.4	11.3	1.1	9.6	1.1	8.5	1.0	10.1	1.2
	18-44	19.1	1.5	16.3	1.3	17.4	1.4	20.0	1.5	17.5	1.5	18.0	1.5	16.0	1.4	17.2	1.5
	45-64	26.6	5.2	23.2	4.7	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	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	19.3	1.8	16.2	1.5	18.4	1.7	19.8	1.9	16.2	1.6	18.1	1.5	16.0	1.5	17.0	1.8
Gender	Female	18.6	2.1	15.7	1.7	16.8	1.8	21.3	2.0	18.2	2.0	17.1	2.1	13.4	1.7	20.4	2.3
Race	White only	18.0	1.52	16.4	1.3	17.3	1.5	19.6	1.5	15.6	1.3	15.8	1.2	14.0	1.1	17.4	1.6
	Black only	24.5	4.29	13.8	2.9	20.8	3.8	25.8	3.9	24.7	3.9	26.2	4.0	21.1	4.3	22.1	3.7
	Asian only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN only	13.6	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	19.5	1.4	16.6	1.2	19.0	1.5	19.6	1.4	16.6	1.3	18.5	1.4	16.1	1.2	18.8	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	18.3	1.5	17.2	1.4	18.7	1.7	19.2	1.6	14.9	1.2	16.4	1.3	15.3	1.3	17.9	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	24.7	4.4	14.1	3.0	20.9	3.9	22.9	3.4	25.0	3.9	26.4	4.0	21.4	4.4	22.8	3.9
	Hispanic, all races	16.4	3.6	12.0	2.8	9.6	2.2	24.0	4.7	19.4	4.2	12.7	3.2	8.4	2.0	14.9	3.1
Family income,^b age 18 and over	Negative/poor	24.7	3.1	25.3	3.0	25.1	3.2	30.8	3.5	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Near poor/low	20.1	3.5	21.2	3.1	18.6	3.1	22.7	3.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Middle	23.5	3.1	12.1	2.0	20.5	2.9	19.1	3.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	High	12.7	2.5	13.2	2.3	12.8	2.8	16.5	3.5	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Education, age 18 and over	Less than high school	22.4	2.8	23.3	3.0	19.5	2.7	31.7	3.3	22.2	3.2	24.9	3.3	19.4	2.7	25.0	3.0
	High school graduate	23.1	2.7	16.4	2.1	23.8	2.9	21.9	2.5	19.2	2.5	21.9	2.7	17.8	2.1	23.2	3.4
	At least some college	16.6	2.4	14.4	1.9	15.3	2.3	15.9	2.8	14.1	2.1	13.9	2.0	13.1	1.8	13.6	2.0
County type^c	Metropolitan	17.2	1.4	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	18.2	2.4	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	21.1	2.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	11.9	2.0	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	17.1	3.9	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Nonmetropolitan	29.8	5.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan	DSU	DSU	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

^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) were dependent on any illicit drug; (2) abused 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, and prescription-type psychotherapeutic medications (nonmedical use), based on data from original questions, not including methamphetamine items added in 2005 and 2006.

^b. Estimates are based on a revised definition of poverty that incorporates information on family income, size, and composition and is calculated as a percentage of the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds. 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 twith 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.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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_2_1: 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_2_1.html