Table 1.
Unweighted (weighted) percentage prevalence of substance use and substance use disorder in the NESARC-III sample.
| Total | Prevalence By Sex | Prevalence By Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Use Variable | Full Sample (N = 36,309) | Men (n = 15,862) | Women (n = 20,447) | White (n = 19,194) | Black (n = 7766) | AI/IN (n = 511) | Asian (n = 1801) | Hispanic (n = 7037) |
| Lifetime (Mis)Use | ||||||||
| Prescription opioids | 11.28 (11.31) | 13.08 (12.98) | 9.89 (9.76) | 13.59 (12.80) | 9.50 (9.86) | 14.68 (14.07) | 5.29 (4.53) | 8.24 (8.10) |
| Prescription stimulants | 2.86 (3.22) | 3.71 (3.99) | 2.19 (2.51) | 4.31 (4.14) | 0.76 (0.91) | 3.35 (3.80) | 1.83 (1.68) | 1.42 (1.49) |
| Sedatives | 7.20 (7.49) | 8.20 (8.46) | 6.42 (6.59) | 9.62 (9.05) | 4.11 (4.34) | 9.80 (9.59) | 2.78 (2.64) | 4.94 (4.63) |
| Heroin | 1.65 (1.61) | 2.56 (2.42) | 0.93 (0.86) | 2.00 (1.90) | 1.50 (1.24) | 2.94 (2.18) | 0.56 (0.47) | 1.04 (0.99) |
| Cannabis | 31.10 (32.16) | 38.05 (38.07) | 25.72 (26.69) | 35.68 (35.71) | 30.12 (30.95) | 45.29 (45.12) | 14.48 (13.84) | 22.92 (22.92) |
| Cocaine/crack | 9.77 (9.96) | 13.15 (12.66) | 7.15 (7.46) | 11.86 (11.47) | 7.14 (6.98) | 15.13 (14.36) | 4.01 (3.70) | 8.07 (7.54) |
| Illicit stimulants | 3.63 (4.09) | 4.74 (5.11) | 2.76 (3.09) | 5.44 (5.24) | 0.76 (0.83) | 6.71 (6.96) | 2.11 (1.83) | 2.01 (1.93) |
| Club drugs | 4.39 (4.43) | 5.52 (5.20) | 3.51 (3.71) | 5.41 (5.02) | 2.60 (2.56) | 5.69 (4.95) | 3.28 (3.16) | 3.77 (3.68) |
| Hallucinogens | 8.49 (9.32) | 12.05 (12.60) | 5.73 (6.29) | 12.13 (11.59) | 2.91 (3.44) | 14.71 (14.80) | 3.67 (3.48) | 5.49 (5.55) |
| Inhalants | 2.82 (3.11) | 4.32 (4.53) | 1.66 (1.79) | 3.99 (3.85) | 0.88 (1.12) | 4.51 (4.98) | 1.61 (1.55) | 1.98 (1.79) |
| Lifetime Use Disorder | ||||||||
| Prescription opioids | 1.89 (2.05) | 2.08 (2.19) | 1.75 (1.93) | 2.50 (2.42) | 1.31 (1.55) | 3.52 (3.67) | 0.44 (0.42) | 1.14 (1.26) |
| Sedatives | 0.99 (1.06) | 1.04 (1.07) | 0.95 (1.06) | 1.42 (1.36) | 0.52 (0.44) | 1.17 (1.00) | 0.22 (0.24) | 0.54 (0.55) |
| Heroin | 0.44 (0.48) | 0.64 (0.71) | 0.27 (0.26) | 0.52 (0.57) | 0.33 (0.23) | 1.17 (0.95) | 0.17 (0.21) | 0.33 (0.31) |
| Cannabis | 6.17 (6.27) | 8.60 (8.37) | 4.29 (4.32) | 6.75 (6.65) | 6.81 (7.24) | 11.15 (11.53) | 3.22 (3.10) | 4.31 (4.45) |
| Cocaine/crack | 2.40 (2.40) | 3.15 (2.99) | 1.82 (1.85) | 2.74 (2.72) | 2.46 (2.27) | 4.11 (3.77) | 0.72 (0.61) | 1.71 (1.57) |
| Stimulants | 1.56 (1.71) | 1.76 (1.87) | 1.41 (1.57) | 2.33 (2.19) | 0.22 (0.30) | 4.31 (4.26) | 0.78 (0.76) | 0.95 (0.81) |
| Club drugs | 0.49 (0.48) | 0.66 (0.62) | 0.36 (0.36) | 0.59 (0.53) | 0.32 (0.38) | 0.98 (0.84) | 0.44 (0.48) | 0.37 (0.32) |
| Hallucinogens | 0.52 (0.60) | 0.78 (0.83) | 0.31 (0.38) | 0.77 (0.77) | 0.10 (0.14) | 1.76 (1.82) | 0.17 (0.13) | 0.28 (0.23) |
| Inhalants | 0.13 (0.16) | 0.21 (0.23) | 0.08 (0.10) | 0.18 (0.17) | 0.03 (0.03) | 0.20 (0.43) | 0.11 (0.15) | 0.14 (0.20) |
Note. AI/IN=American Indian/Alaska Native.