Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of adults with substance use disorder (SUD), by gender, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2015-2018 a
| Characteristic | Total, weighted % (95% CI) b | Women, weighted row % (95% CI) | Men, weighted row % (95% CI) | P value c |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expressed need for SUD treatment | 6.8 (6.2-7.3) | 7.1 (6.2-8.0) | 6.6 (6.0-7.2) | .29 |
| Age, y | <.001 | |||
| 18-25 | 26.6 (25.8-27.5) | 30.6 (29.2-32.0) | 24.3 (23.3-25.4) | |
| 26-34 | 24.2 (24.2-26.2) | 23.5 (22.0-25.1) | 24.7 (23.4-25.9) | |
| 35-49 | 25.2 (24.2-26.2) | 24.5 (22.8-26.2) | 25.6 (24.2-27.0) | |
| ≥50 | 23.9 (22.7-25.1) | 21.3 (19.3-23.4) | 25.4 (23.9-26.9) | |
| Race | <.001 | |||
| Non-Latinx White | 66.6 (65.2-67.9) | 68.6 (67.1-70.2) | 65.4 (63.8-67.0) | |
| Non-Latinx Black | 11.5 (10.7-12.4) | 11.4 (10.1-12.7) | 11.6 (10.6-12.5) | |
| Latinx | 15.4 (14.5-16.3) | 12.7 (11.6-13.9) | 17.0 (15.7-18.2) | |
| Other | 6.5 (5.9-7.1) | 7.2 (6.3-8.2) | 6.0 (5.3-6.8) | |
| Education | <.001 | |||
| <High school | 13.1 (12.3-13.9) | 9.2 (8.2-10.2) | 15.4 (14.2-16.5) | |
| High school/GED | 25.3 (24.4-26.2) | 22.1 (21.0-23.3) | 27.1 (25.8-28.5) | |
| >High school | 61.6 (60.5. 62.7) | 68.7 (67.3-70.0) | 57.5 (55.9-59.1) | |
| Employed | 89.1 (88.3-90.0) | 90.5 (89.1-91.8) | 88.4 (87.4-89.4) | .013 |
| Health insurance | <.001 | |||
| Public | 59.9 (58.6-61.1) | 59.5 (57.8-61.2) | 60.1 (58.4-61.7) | |
| Private | 25.5 (24.4-26.6) | 30.0 (28.4-31.5) | 22.9 (21.6-24.2) | |
| None | 14.7 (13.8-15.5) | 10.5 (9.6-11.5) | 17.0 (15.8-18.3) | |
| Annual household income, $ | <.001 | |||
| <20 000 | 22.3 (21.2-23.3) | 25.1 (23.4-26.8) | 20.6 (19.4-21.9) | |
| 20 000-49 999 | 29.3 (28.3-30.3) | 29.6 (27.8-31.3) | 29.1 (27.8-30.5) | |
| 50 000-74 999 | 14.0 (13.1-14.9) | 14.2 (13.0-15.5) | 13.9 (12.9-14.9) | |
| ≥75 000 | 34.5 (33.3-35.6) | 31.1 (29.1-33.1) | 36.4 (34.8-37.9) | |
| Overall health status | .03 | |||
| Excellent | 16.6 (15.7-17.5) | 17.9 (16.6-19.3) | 17.9 (16.6-19.3) | |
| Very good | 36.1 (35.0-37.1) | 35.9 (34.6-37.2) | 36.2 (34.9-37.5) | |
| Good | 31.6 (30.4-32.9) | 30.4 (28.8-32.0) | 32.4 (30.7-34.0) | |
| Fair | 12.6 (11.7-13.4) | 12.3 (11.1-13.4) | 12.7 (11.7-13.8) | |
| Poor | 3.1 (2.6-3.7) | 3.5 (2.6-4.5) | 2.9 (2.3-3.5) | |
| Government program assistance | 23.4 (22.3-24.6) | 26.8 (25.1-28.4) | 21.5 (20.2-22.8) | <.001 |
| Married | 31.2 (30.1-32.4) | 28.9 (27.3-30.6) | 32.6 (31.1-34.0) | .001 |
| Parenting | 24.7 (23.7-25.7) | 29.2 (27.6-30.7) | 22.1 (20.9-23.3) | <.001 |
| Comorbid depression | 19.0 (18.3-19.7) | 27.7 (26.3-29.2) | 14.0 (13.1-14.8) | <.001 |
| Past-year arrest | 25.1 (23.6-26.6) | 26.7 (24.2-29.1) | 24.5 (22.6-26.4) | .18 |
Abbreviation: GED, general education development.
aIncludes men and women who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition criteria for SUD and/or expressed past-year need for SUD treatment (7.8% of the total adult sample). 17 Data source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2015-2018. 16
bDifferences were assessed using the Pearson χ2 test, with significance set at α = .05.
cA total of 18 024 adults were in the unweighted sample (approximately 19.2 million adults in the weighted sample).