T7_2_3_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 7_2_3.2c
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 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		8.9	0.6	15.4	2.0	11.5	1.8	8.0	1.2	4.9	0.8
Age	12-17	8.2	1.1	11.5	3.0	8.5	2.1	9.7	2.3	DSU	DSU
	18-44	9.1	0.8	14.8	2.1	11.8	2.2	7.4	1.1	5.6	1.0
	45-64	9.3	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	9.6	0.9	15.6	2.7	11.2	2.2	9.3	1.5	5.9	1.1
Gender	Female	7.6	1.0	15.1	2.7	12.1	2.7	DSU	DSU	3.0	0.8
Race	White only	8.3	0.7	14.0	2.1	12.1	2.1	7.2	1.2	5.0	0.8
	Black only	13.9	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	2.4	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN only	8.5	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	8.0	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	6.7	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	9.3	0.7	15.9	2.2	12.7	2.0	8.8	1.4	5.3	0.8
County type^c	Metropolitan	8.6	0.7	14.8	2.3	11.7	1.9	7.6	1.2	5.0	0.8
	Large central metro	10.1	1.4	20.7	4.7	15.1	3.5	8.3	2.1	4.0	1.2
	Large fringe metro	8.2	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	8.8	2.5	5.4	1.5
	Medium metro	6.4	1.1	8.4	2.0	5.2	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	9.7	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	10.4	1.5	17.6	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	9.5	2.0	16.1	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	12.4	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	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. 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 household 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 with 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.

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_3_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/nhqrdr11/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_2_3_2c.html