Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of study population by drug use category – United States.2015–2018.
| Characteristic | Weighted % (95 % CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Opioid use (N = 1511) | Methamphetamine use (N = 1081) | Opioid and Methamphetamine use (N = 397) | |
| Weighted percentage | 51.8 (49.2–54.4) | 36.4 (34.3–38.6) | 11.8 (10.2–13.5) |
| Male | 59.8 (56.4–63.1) | 62.4 (58.7–66.0) | 63.7 (56.2–70.7) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | 70.1 (66.2–73.6) | 68.8 (64.5–72.9) | 83.9 (77.7–88.6) |
| African American | 12.8 (10.1–16.1) | 5.2 (3.7–7.4) | 2.3 (0.7–6.8) |
| Hispanic | 12.9 (10.4–16.0) | 18.2 (15.1–21.8) | 8.7 (5.3–13.9) |
| Other | 4.2 (3.1–5.6) | 7.7 (5.8–10.3) | 5.1 (3.2–8.0) |
| Age (years) | |||
| 18–25 | 19.4 (17.4–21.4) | 18.8 (16.5–21.4) | 24.0 (18.9–29.9) |
| 26–34 | 28.1 (25.6–30.6) | 25.9 (22.6–29.4) | 30.7 (24.9–37.2) |
| 35–49 | 26.3 (23.3–29.5) | 33.5 (30.2–36.9) | 27.0 (20.7–34.2) |
| 50–64 | 26.3 (22.2–30.9) | 21.9 (18.2–26.0) | 18.3 (12.0–26.9) |
| Incomea | |||
| < 100 % FPL | 24.3 (21.3–27.7) | 33.2 (29.8–36.7) | 35.6 (28.8–42.9) |
| 100–200 % FPL | 23.7 (21.0–26.7) | 26.9 (23.9–30.2) | 31.4 (25.1–38.4) |
| > 200 % FPL | 51.9 (48.0–55.8) | 39.9 (36.5–43.3) | 33.0 (26.5–40.2) |
| Education level | |||
| Less than HS | 16.2 (13.7–19.0) | 25.8 (22.3–29.7) | 19.5 (14.2–26.1) |
| HS | 32.9 (29.1–37.0) | 33.2 (29.1–37.6) | 38.0 (31.1–45.5) |
| Some College | 36.9 (34.0–39.9) | 32.8 (28.5–37.4) | 33.0 (27.0–39.7) |
| College Grad | 14.0 (11.2–17.4) | 8.2 (5.8–11.3) | 9.5 (5.5–15.9) |
| Rural residence | 14.4 (12.2–16.8) | 21.4 (18.0–25.1) | 21.4 (16.5–27.3) |
| Unstably housedb | 7.6 (6.0–9.5) | 11.7 (9.4–14.5) | 15.5 (11.2–21.0) |
Opioid use is defined as any past year heroin use or misusing prescription pain relievers 4 or more times in the past month. Methamphetamine use is defined as any past year methamphetamine use.
a
FPL = federal poverty level.
b
3 or more moves in the past year.