Table 4.
Past-year prevalence of unmet need for mental health and substance use treatment by past-year marijuana use status. Sample size is unweight, and results are weighted estimates.
| a. Medical use only | Prevalence % (95% CI) | ||
| Unmet need for | Overall N=597 | Male n=365 | Female n=232 |
| Mental health treatment | 13.12 (9.21-17.02) | 10.27 (5.03-15.50) | 17.73 (13.15-22.31) |
| Alcohol use treatment | 11.00 (7.80-14.20) | 11.37 (7.79-14.95) | 10.41 (6.72-14.09) |
| Illicit drug use treatment | 13.37 (9.60-17.13) | 15.72 (10.23-21.21) | 9.57 (6.56-12.57) |
| Illicit drug or alcohol use treatment | 19.70 (15.70-23.70) | 21.95 (17.39-26.50) | 16.07 (11.14-21.00) |
| b. Medical and recreational use | Prevalence % (95% CI) | ||
| Unmet need for | Overall N=499 | Male n=298 | Female n=201 |
| Mental health treatment | 20.07 (15.63-24.52) | 17.74 (13.90-21.57) | 23.51 (15.43-31.59) |
| Alcohol use treatment | 19.32 (14.60-24.05) | 21.67 (15.96-27.38) | 15.87 (10.21-21.54) |
| Illicit drug use treatment | 21.46 (17.47-25.45) | 21.62 (16.42-26.83) | 21.22 (16.10-26.34) |
| Illicit drug or alcohol use treatment | 33.93 (28.12-39.73) | 36.77 (30.37-43.18) | 29.74 (22.65-36.83) |
| C. Recreational use only | Prevalence % (95% CI) | ||
| Unmet need for | Overall N=14,344 | Male n=8,074 | Female n=6,270 |
| Mental health treatment | 10.73 (9.82-11.63) | 7.26 (6.28-8.25) | 16.10 (14.42-17.78) |
| Alcohol use treatment | 21.73 (20.61-22.85) | 23.41 (21.89-24.93) | 19.13 (17.41-20.84) |
| Illicit drug use treatment | 13.89 (13.14-14.65) | 15.06 (14.08-16.05) | 12.07 (10.69-13.45) |
| Illicit drug or alcohol use treatment | 29.72 (28.53-30.90) | 32.18 (30.59-33.78) | 25.88 (24.07-27.70) |
CI = Confidence Interval. Bold-faced: significant sex differences (p<0.05).