Table 2. Study population stratified by methamphetamine use status.
GED: General Educational Diploma; BA: Bachelor of Arts; BS: Bachelor of Science; HMO: Health Maintenance Organization.
| Variable | No meth use | Meth use | |||
| Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | Prevalence (%) | |
| Age | |||||
| 12-24 | 17369 | 90.23 | 1881 | 9.77 | 1.07 |
| 25-49 | 97262 | 87.33 | 14114 | 12.67 | 8.05 |
| >50 | 43102 | 96.55 | 1542 | 3.45 | 0.88 |
| Race | |||||
| Alaska Native | 451 | 94.75 | 25 | 5.25 | 0.01 |
| American Indian | 453 | 91.7 | 41 | 8.3 | 0.02 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 65041 | 98.37 | 1081 | 1.63 | 0.63 |
| Black or African American | 85489 | 84.35 | 15856 | 15.65 | 9.27 |
| White | 2371 | 89.24 | 286 | 10.76 | 0.17 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 96331 | 92.01 | 8365 | 7.99 | 4.78 |
| Female | 61307 | 87 | 9161 | 13 | 5.23 |
| Employment | |||||
| Full-time | 11106 | 88.25 | 1479 | 11.75 | 1.02 |
| Part-time | 7251 | 89.21 | 877 | 10.79 | 0.61 |
| Unemployed | 80844 | 87.94 | 11084 | 12.06 | 7.65 |
| Not in the labor force | 31300 | 96.86 | 1014 | 3.14 | 0.7 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Never married | 99080 | 90.97 | 9833 | 9.03 | 5.8 |
| Now married | 17715 | 88.46 | 2312 | 11.54 | 1.36 |
| Separated | 35900 | 88.41 | 4708 | 11.59 | 2.78 |
| Education | |||||
| Less than one school grade, no schooling, nursery school, or kindergarten to grade 8 | 11640 | 88.84 | 1462 | 11.16 | 0.92 |
| Grades 9-11 | 38348 | 89.1 | 4693 | 10.9 | 2.94 |
| Grade 12 or GED | 58731 | 89.2 | 7114 | 10.8 | 4.46 |
| 1-3 years of college, university, or vocational school | 28691 | 92.45 | 2344 | 7.55 | 1.47 |
| Four years of college, university, BA/BS, some postgraduate study, or more | 6164 | 93.68 | 416 | 6.32 | 0.26 |
| Source of income/support | |||||
| Wages/salary | 8901 | 83.37 | 1775 | 16.63 | 9.14 |
| Public assistance | 401 | 78.17 | 112 | 21.83 | 0.58 |
| Retirement/pension, disability | 6488 | 92.49 | 527 | 7.51 | 2.71 |
| Other | 991 | 81.9 | 219 | 18.1 | 1.13 |
| Living arrangements | |||||
| Homeless | 19285 | 91.46 | 1801 | 8.54 | 1.14 |
| Dependent living | 21030 | 83.65 | 4109 | 16.35 | 2.61 |
| Independent living | 101041 | 90.86 | 10162 | 9.14 | 6.46 |
| Type of treatment/setting | |||||
| Detox, 24-hour hospital inpatient | 17979 | 91.54 | 1661 | 8.46 | 1.81 |
| Detox, 24-hour, free-standing residential | 3579 | 76.17 | 1120 | 23.83 | 1.22 |
| Rehab/residential, hospital(non-detox) | 57185 | 84.73 | 10305 | 15.27 | 11.22 |
| Number of arrests 30 days prior to admission | |||||
| None | 150021 | 89.9 | 16862 | 10.1 | 9.64 |
| Once | 6817 | 91.77 | 611 | 8.23 | 0.35 |
| Two or more times | 585 | 92.42 | 48 | 7.58 | 0.03 |
| Health insurance | |||||
| Private insurance, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, HMO | 2028 | 84.22 | 380 | 15.78 | 0.53 |
| Medicaid | 6563 | 89.88 | 739 | 10.12 | 1.03 |
| Medicare, other (e.g. TRICARE, CHAMPUS) | 3844 | 87.66 | 541 | 12.34 | 0.75 |
| None | 48249 | 83.59 | 9470 | 16.41 | 13.19 |