Relevant Facts and Figures
- The 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health cited the following:
- The rate of drug use for people aged 12 or older is 8% of the population
- Marijuana is the most common used illicit drug with over 15.2 million users
- 1.9 million people uses cocaine
- 6.2 million people abuse prescription medications
- 10 million people aged 12 or older admitted to driving under the influence of illicit drugs in the last year
- 23.3% of Americans binge drink
- 41.1% of young adults aged 18 to 25 binge drink
- 6.9% of Americans drink heavily (this means they binge drink at least 5 times in a month.
- 14.5% of young adults aged 18 to 25 drink heavily
- Around 13% of Americans drove under the influence of alcohol sometime in the last year.
- 14.6% of youths aged 12 to 17 use alcohol
- Youth binge and heavy drinking rates were 8.8% and 2%, respectively
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that close to 20% of people (48 million) over the age of 12 in the U.S. have used prescription drugs for non-medical purposes 1
- 9.3% of 12th graders report that they used Vicodin without a prescription 1
- Approximately 18.8 million American adults, or about 9.5% of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year, have a depressive disorder 5
- Depressive disorders often co-occur with anxiety disorders and substance abuse 5
- 4.5 million children 5-17 years of age in the United States have ever been diagnosed with ADHD as of 2006 3
- An estimated 26.2% of Americans ages 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year 4
- Approximately 9.5% of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year, have a mood disorder (Mood disorders include major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, and bipolar disorder.)4
- Approximately 18.1% American adults ages 18 and older in a given year, have an anxiety disorder 4
- ADHD affects an estimated 4.1% of adults, ages 18-44, in a given year 4
- The median age of onset for mood disorders is 30 years. 5
References
1 http://www.prescriptiondrugabuse.us/statistics-facts.html
3 http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/data.html
4 Kessler RC, Chiu WT, Demler O, Walters EE. Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of twelve-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Archives of General Psychiatry, 2005 Jun;62(6):617-27.
5 Ibid, 593-602.
6 Results from the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies
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