Table 1.
Unadjusted and age- and gender-adjusted prevalence estimates for past-year prescription opioid misuse and heroin use, by race/ethnicity and time period.
| 1999–2002 | 2003–2006 | 2007–2010 | 2011–2014 | 2015–2018 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadj. % | Adj. % | Unadj. % | Adj. % | Unadj. % | Adj. % | Unadj. % | Adj. % | Unadj. % | Adj. % | |||||
| PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS | ||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 3.7% | 3.8% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 5.3% | 5.7% | 4.4% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 4.7% | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 2.8% | 2.6% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.5% | ||||
| Hispanic | 4.0% | 3.4% | 4.9% | 4.1% | 4.4% | 3.7% | 4.6% | 3.8% | 4.1% | 3.5% | ||||
| Asian | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.6% | ||||
| Native American | 5.0% | 4.6% | 7.1% | 6.6% | 8.1% | 7.7% | 6.7% | 6.3% | 5.5% | 5.1% | ||||
| Other race/multiracial | 5.5% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 4.8% | 6.6% | 6.1% | 5.6% | 5.0% | 5.9% | 5.3% | ||||
| HEROIN | ||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.15% | 0.16% | 0.23% | 0.25% | 0.33% | 0.36% | 0.38% | 0.41% | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 0.22% | 0.21% | 0.24% | 0.23% | 0.20% | 0.19% | 0.22% | 0.21% | 0.30% | 0.28% | ||||
| Hispanic | 0.23% | 0.19% | 0.28% | 0.23% | 0.19% | 0.15% | 0.21% | 0.17% | 0.24% | 0.21% | ||||
| Other race/multiracial | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.08% | 0.10% | 0.09% | 0.14% | 0.12% | 0.16% | 0.15% | ||||
Note: All estimates are obtained from regression models that account for NSDUH survey design. Prevalence estimates were obtained as predictive margins.