Table A1.
Health characteristics by past drug use category – United States, 2015–2018.
| Characteristic | Weighted % (95 % CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Heroin use (N = 577) | Methamphetamine use (N = 1196) | Heroin and Methamphetamine use (N = 282) | |
| Weighted N | 595,000 (509,000–681,218) | 1,318,000 (1,209,000–1,427,000) | 276,000 (231,000–320,000) |
| Age of first heroin use | 25.9 (24.9–27.0) | NA | 26.4 (24.9–28.9) |
| Age of first methamphetamine use | NA | 23.1 (22.4–23.9) | 24.1 (22.5–25.6) |
| Fair/poor health | 27.5 (21.5–33.5) | 27.6 (24.1–31.1) | 29.0 (20.2–37.8) |
| Any infectious disease | 19.0 (14.3–23.7) | 16.5 (13.0–20.1) | 21.5 (15.5–27.5) |
| STI (past year) | 6.0 (3.7–8.3) | 8.9 (6.7–11.1) | 8.2 (4.1–12.2) |
| HIV/AIDS | 1.1 (−0.2–2.5) | 3.5 (1.6–5.4) | * |
| Hepatitis B or C | 14.7 (10.4–19.1) | 7.5 (4.7–10.4)a | 14.2 (9.4–19.0)c |
| Any respiratory disease | 12.7 (7.8–17.7) | 15.9 (13.3–18.5) | 18.2 (11.5–25.0) |
| Asthma | 6.0 (2.9–9.0) | 8.2 (6.6–9.8) | 7.3 (2.9–11.7) |
| COPD | 9.7 (5.0–14.4) | 10.1 (7.6–12.5) | 12.5 (6.6–18.4) |
| Any cardiovascular disease | 13.2 (8.5–17.9) | 16.8 (13.6–19.9) | 23.4 (15.8–31.0)c |
| Heart condition | 5.8 (2.5–9.2) | 7.7 (5.9–9.6) | 11.9 (5.0–18.8) |
| High blood pressure | 9.8 (5.3–14.2) | 12.2 (9.3–15.1) | 17.9 (10.4–25.4)b |
| Diabetes | 5.8 (2.8–8.9) | 6.4 (4.6–8.1) | 6.1 (1.3–10.9) |
| Kidney disease | 0.7 (−0.2–1.6) | 1.9 (0.7–3.1) | 0.7 (0.0–1.4) |
| Cancer | 1.9 (0.5–3.4) | 3.8 (2.0–5.7) | 1.7 (−0.1–3.6) |
| Chronic Conditions per 100 individuals | 53.8 (42.0–65.6) | 61.6 (54.5–68.6) | 72.0 (56.9–87.1) |
| Any disability | 36.5 (31.2–41.9) | 40.6 (36.3–44.8) | 40.5 (32.1–48.9) |
| Severe mental illness | 21.2 (15.7–26.6) | 22.8 (18.4–27.3) | 33.5 (24.9–42.1)b,c |
| Uninsured | 20.0 (15.6–24.4) | 24.5 (20.9–28.0) | 26.5 (17.3–35.7) |
All estimates are adjusted for age, sex, income, education, rural vs. urban residence, race/ethnicity, and housing instability in the past year.
Heroin use is defined as any past year heroin use. Methamphetamine use is defined as any past year methamphetamine use.
a
P≤.0.01 compared to “Heroin use”.
b
P≤.0.05 compared to “Heroin use”.
c
P≤.0.05 compared to “Methamphetamine use”.
*
Estimate did not pass NSDUH suppression requirements.