Table 1.
Demographic characteristics among 2015-2019 NSDUH1 participants 18 years or older with substance use disorder in the past year by gender and sexual identity (n=21,926).
| Men (n=12,884) | Women (n=9,042) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Heterosexual (n=11,944) |
Gay (n=487) |
Bisexual (n=453) |
Heterosexual (n=7,111) |
Gay/Lesbian (n=342) |
Bisexual (n=1,589) |
| w. col, %2 | w. col, %2 | w. col, %2 | w. col, %2 | w. col, %2 | w. col, %2 | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 18-25 | 23.6 | 25.4 | 34.1 | 28.0 | 34.4 | 44.8 |
| 26-34 | 24.5 | 27.8 | 26.1 | 22.3 | 31.6 | 33.0 |
| 35-49 | 25.4 | 28.4 | 21.7 | 25.9 | 21.4 | 17.0 |
| ≥50 | 26.5 | 18.4 | 18.1 | 23.8 | 12.6 | 5.3 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 66.3 | 59.2 | 63.3 | 70.0 | 57.1 | 61.6 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 11.2 | 15.5 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 17.0 | 15.1 |
| Hispanic | 16.3 | 20.1 | 20.6 | 11.9 | 18.2 | 15.7 |
| Other | 6.1 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school | 15.0 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 11.8 |
| High school graduate | 27.3 | 17.2 | 28.6 | 21.1 | 18.5 | 26.1 |
| Some college / 2-year degree | 31.3 | 34.6 | 43.0 | 39.3 | 36.0 | 41.6 |
| 4-year college degree | 26.4 | 40.6 | 18.0 | 31.4 | 36.5 | 20.5 |
| Health Insurance | ||||||
| Yes | 82.6 | 87.2 | 83.9 | 89.9 | 85.1 | 85.6 |
| Household Income | ||||||
| <$20,000 | 19.3 | 20.6 | 24.8 | 22.4 | 31.9 | 33.5 |
| $20,000-$49,999 | 28.7 | 28.2 | 39.0 | 29.4 | 25.3 | 31.2 |
| $50,000-$74,999 | 14.3 | 16.5 | 11.4 | 15.0 | 7.3 | 11.8 |
| ≥$75,000 | 37.8 | 34.7 | 24.8 | 33.2 | 35.5 | 23.6 |
| Number of substance use disorders | ||||||
| 1 | 80.5 | 69.0 | 75.4 | 78.5 | 77.2 | 68.6 |
| 2 | 12.4 | 19.7 | 14.3 | 13.7 | 14.9 | 18.5 |
| 3+ | 7.1 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 12.9 |
| Types of substance use dependence or abuse | ||||||
| Alcohol | 76.0 | 74.8 | 70.6 | 75.9 | 69.5 | 66.2 |
| Cannabis | 19.9 | 22.6 | 27.0 | 14.2 | 22.9 | 27.4 |
| Illicit drugs other than cannabis | 18.9 | 30.2 | 22.9 | 22.0 | 20.3 | 30.3 |
| Survey Year | ||||||
| 2015 | 21.1 | 23.0 | 13.0 | 20.7 | 16.7 | 14.3 |
| 2016 | 19.6 | 23.9 | 18.7 | 21.4 | 17.6 | 17.8 |
| 2017 | 19.7 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 19.4 | 20.6 | 18.2 |
| 2018 | 20.0 | 15.9 | 25.7 | 19.9 | 18.0 | 21.3 |
| 2019 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 24.7 | 18.5 | 27.1 | 28.4 |
1
NSDUH - National Survey on Drug Use and Health
2
w. col % = survey weighted column percentage
Column percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding